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Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, meaning it is a self-governing, independent political unit that is voluntarily associated with the United States. Roughly 3.6 million people call Puerto Rico home, and 85% of them are Roman Catholic. Puerto Rico has been an independent territory since the Treaty of Paris in 1898 brought it under U.S. control.
Puerto Rico is approximately one hundred miles long and thirty-five miles wide. The highest point in Puerto Rico is Cerro de Punta. Puerto Rico's Rio Camuy Cave Park is the site of huge caves made by the Camuy River over one million years ago. Puerto Rico is close to the deepest point in the Atlantic, the Puerto Rico Trench. Seismic activity in Puerto Rico is monitored by the Puerto Rico Seismic Network at the University of Puerto Rico.
The worst recorded hurricane to hit Puerto Rico was in August 1899. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is the site of world's largest single-dish radio telescope. Christopher Columbus, the explorer, claimed Puerto Rico for Spain in 1493. Following the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico, along with the Philippines, was ceded to the USA.
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