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According to the 1920 Puerto Rico census, 2,505 individuals immigrated to Puerto Rico between 1910 and 1920. Of these, 2,270 were classified as "white" in the 1920 census (1,205 from Spain, 280 from Venezuela, 180 from Cuba, and 135 from the Dominican Republic). During the same 10-year period, 7,873 Puerto Ricans emigrated to the U.S.
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
Puerto Rico [i] (Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR), [21] officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, [b] [j] is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth.
There are more than 375 listings in Puerto Rico, with one or more listing in each of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities. Puerto Rico's municipalities. For convenience, the list has been divided into six regions: National Register of Historic Places listings in western Puerto Rico; National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Puerto Rico
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, six metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] As of 2023, the largest of these is the San Juan-Bayamón, PR CSA, comprising the area around the municipality of San Juan, the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico.
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 12 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This is a list of properties and districts in the western municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos).
The first wave of Canarian migration to Puerto Rico seems to be in 1695, followed by others in 1714, 1720, 1731, and 1797. The number of Canarians that immigrated to Puerto Rico in the first three centuries of Iberian rule is not known to any degree of precision.
Location of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico (Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth.