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Puerto Rico
By: Lauren Kurth

Introduction
The country’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) which is the measure of the value of economic activity, is 98.76 billion. This means that Puerto Rico’s GDP is the 98th highest country in the world. Puerto Rico is classified as the United States territory. In 1493, Christopher Columbus discovered Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is interesting because of its geography, weather, plants, animals, people and culture.

Land The most highest mountain in Puerto Rico is the Cerro de Punta. The Cerro de Punta is 4,390 feet or 1,338 meter high! The Cerro de Punta is also a part of Cordillera Central, and municipality of Ponce is were it is located. In February, 1981, reports from the US Geological Survey said that the height of Cerro de Punta was 1,328 meters. It is also a piece of the Toro Negro Reserve which it has been known as “an alpine runt”.

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Temperatures averaging near 85 °F (29 °C) in lower elevations and 70 °F(21 °C) in the mountain elevations. Tropical cyclones (which happen more during La Niña years) are a quarter the annual rainfall. Puerto Rico experiences hurricanes of the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic are very similar. The sunrise and sunset have many different time it rises/sets it just depends on the season like either summer or winter. In the summertime the sun will rise at 5:30 a.m. and in the winter the sun will rise at 7:00 a.m. In the wintertime the sun will set at 5:40 p.m. and in the summer the sun will set at 7:10 p.m. and Puerto Rico does not have daylight saving

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