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|image_map = Puerto_Rico_(orthographic_projection).svg |image_map2 = Puerto Rico - Location Map (2013) - PRI - UNOCHA.svg|250px |status = Unincorporated Territory |capital = San Juan |latd=18 | latm=27 | latNS=N |longd=66 |longm=6 |longEW=W |largest_city = capital |official_languages = Spanish and English |ethnic_groups = |demonym = }} |membership_type = Sovereign state |membership = United States |government_type = Unincorporated territory of the United States |leader_title1 = President |leader_name1 = Barack Obama |leader_title2 = Governor |leader_name2 = Alejandro García Padilla |leader_title3 = U.S. Senators |leader_name3 = Vacant |leader_title4 = U.S. House Delegation |leader_name4 = Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D) |legislature = Legislative Assembly |upper_house = Senate |lower_house = House of Representatives |sovereignty_type = Unincorporated territory |sovereignty_note = within the United States |established_event1 = Cession from Spain |established_date1 = December 10, 1898 |established_event2 = Jones–Shafroth Act |established_date2 = March 2, 1917 |established_event3 = Commonwealth Constitution |established_date3 = July 25, 1952 |area_rank = 169th |area_magnitude = 1 E9 |area_km2 = 9,104 |area_sq_mi = 3,515 |percent_water = 1.6 |population_estimate = 3,548,397〔 |population_estimate_rank = 130th |population_estimate_year = 2014 |population_density_km2 = 418 |population_density_sq_mi = 1082 |population_density_rank = 29th |GDP_PPP = $127 billion〔("Gross domestic product 2012, PPP", World Bank, accessed on 11 Aug 2013 )〕 |GDP_PPP_rank = 72nd |GDP_PPP_year = 2012 |GDP_PPP_per_capita = $34,527〔("GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)", World Development Indicators database ), World Bank. Database updated on 8 May 2014. Accessed on 10 May 2014.〕 |GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 29th |GDP_nominal = $105.1 billion〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Bank World Development Indicators, July 2013 )〕 |GDP_nominal_rank = 60th |GDP_nominal_year = 2013 |GDP_nominal_per_capita = $28,509 |GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 32nd |Gini = 53.1 |Gini_ref = |Gini_year = 2011 |HDI = 0.865 |HDI_ref = 〔(An Approximation of Puerto Rico's Human Development Index (Forthcoming) ), Ricardo R. Fuentes-Ramírez, Caribbean Studies Journal 〕 |HDI_rank = 29th |HDI_year = 2012 |currency = United States dollar ($) |currency_code = USD |time_zone = Atlantic |utc_offset = -4 |time_zone_DST = not observed |utc_offset_DST = -4 |drives_on = right |cctld = .pr |iso3166code = PR |calling_code = +1-787, +1-939 |footnote_a = "The Star-Spangled Banner" serves as the national anthem for the United States of America and its territories. }} Puerto Rico ( or ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (, literally the "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico"), is a United States territory located in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico is an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands. The capital and largest city is San Juan. The territory does not observe daylight saving time, and its official languages are Spanish, which is predominant, and English.〔http://www.prfaa.pr.gov/puertoricond2.asp〕 The island's population is approximately 3.6 million. Puerto Rico's rich history, tropical climate, diverse natural scenery, renowned traditional cuisine and attractive tax incentives make it a popular destination for visitors from around the world. Its location in the Caribbean, combined with centuries of colonization and subsequent migration, has made Puerto Rican culture a distinct melting pot of Amerindian, Spanish, African and North American influences.〔Puerto Rico Convention Center. "Puerto Rico: Culture". ''About Puerto Rico''.〕 Originally populated by the aboriginal Taíno people, the island was claimed in 1493 by Christopher Columbus for the Kingdom of Spain, enduring several invasion attempts by the French, Dutch, and British. During the four centuries of Spanish rule, the island's cultural and physical landscape were transformed, with European knowledge, customs, and traditions being introduced, especially Roman Catholicism and the Spanish language. In 1898, following the Spanish American War, Spain ceded the island to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Puerto Ricans are natural-born citizens of the United States.〔(8 U.S. Code § 1402 - Persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 ) (1941) Retrieved: January 14, 2015.〕 The territory operates under a local constitution, allowing its citizens to elect a governor. Puerto Rico's residents are prohibited by federal law from voting for the U.S. Congress, which has full jurisdiction over the territory under the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950. As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico's residents are also prohibited from voting for the President of the United States. A 2012 referendum showed a majority (54% of the electorate) disagreed with "the present form of territorial status," with full statehood as the preferred option among those who voted for a change of status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Papeleta Modelo Plebiscito 2012 )〕 Following this vote, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico enacted a concurrent resolution to request the President and the Congress of the United States to end the current status and to begin the process to admit Puerto Rico to the Union as a State.〔(The Senate and the House of Representative of Puerto Rico Concurrent Resolution )〕 As of 2015, Puerto Rico remains an unincorporated U.S. territory. ==Etymology== Puerto Ricans often call the island ''Borinquen'' - a derivation of ''Borikén'', its indigenous Taíno name, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord".〔Allatson, Paul. ''Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies'', p. 47. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-4051-0250-0.〕〔(Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean ) Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia ''Clásicos de Puerto Rico'', 2nd edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).〕 The terms ''boricua'' and ''borincano'' derive from ''Borikén'' and ''Borinquen'' respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also popularly known in Spanish as ''la isla del encanto'', meaning "the island of enchantment".〔(''The New York's World Fair: 1939-1940.'' ) ''¡Adelante Hermanas de la Raza!, Josefina Silva de Cintron and Puerto Rican Women's Feminismo.'' In, Exploring the Decolonial Imaginary: Four Transnational Lives, by Patricia A. Schechter. (New York: MacMillan, 2012) Note: The phase "The Island of Enchantment" has been traced back to a travel guide by that title that Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. offered in "House and Garden" magazine in 1938.〕 Columbus named the island ''San Juan Bautista,'' in honor of the Catholic Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named ''Ciudad de Puerto Rico'' ((英語:''Rich Port City'')). Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puerto Rico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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