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Capital: san juan
Country name
: conventional long form: commonwealth of puerto rico conventional short form: puerto rico
National holiday: us independence day. 4 july (1776); puerto rico constitution day. 25 july (1952)
Government type
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commonwealth
Administrative divisions: none (commonwealth associated with the us); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the us government. but there are 78 municipalities (municipios. singular - municipio) at the second order; adjuntas. aguada. aguadilla. aguas buenas. aibonito. anasco. arecibo. arroyo. barceloneta. barranquitas. bayamon. cabo rojo. caguas. camuy. canovanas. carolina. catano. cayey. ceiba. ciales. cidra. coamo. comerio. corozal. culebra. dorado. fajardo. florida. guanica. guayama. guayanilla. guaynabo. gurabo. hatillo. hormigueros. humacao. isabela. jayuya. juana diaz. juncos. lajas. lares. las marias. las piedras. loiza. luquillo. manati. maricao. maunabo. mayaguez. moca. morovis. naguabo. naranjito. orocovis. patillas. penuelas. ponce. quebradillas. rincon. rio grande. sabana grande. salinas. san german. san juan. san lorenzo. san sebastian. santa isabel. toa alta. toa baja. trujillo alto. utuado. vega alta. vega baja. vieques. villalba. yabucoa. yauco |
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Independence:
none (commonwealth associated with the us)
Political parties and leaders: national democratic party [celeste benitez]; national republican party of puerto rico [dr. tiody ferre]; new progressive party or pnp (pro-us statehood) [pedro rossello]; popular democratic party or ppd (pro-commonwealth) [anibal acevedo-vila]; puerto rican independence party or pip (pro-independence) [ruben berrios martinez]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
armed forces for national liberation or faln; armed forces of popular resistance; boricua popular army (also known as the macheteros); volunteers of the puerto rican revolution
International organization participation
: interpol (subbureau). ioc. upu. wcl. wftu. wtoo (associate)
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