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puerto riCo**

H.E. Juan E. Davila Rivera,
President, CEEPR

PArt i 11. Language (s)
Spanish, English
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
12. Literacy Levels
92.8%
1. Country Name
PUERTO RICO PArt ii

2. Official Name LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
LEGISLATURE
3. Government
Presidential Democracy; a self-governing 1. Structure of National Legislature
commonwealth in political association with the Bicameral
US
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
4. Head of the Government Senate and House of Representatives

5. Head of the State 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
6. Capital The President is elected by popular vote to serve
San Juan a 4-year term. Governor is elected by popular vote
to serve a 4-year term. In the Senate 27 members
7. Currency are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.
United States Dollar In the House of Representatives 51 members are
elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
White 75.8%, black/African American 12.4%, other 4. Popular House
8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Senate and House of Representatives
Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and
others), mixed 3.3% (2010 est.) PArt iii
ELECtorAL sYstEM
9. Date of Independence and from which Country
none (territory of the US with commonwealth
status) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 1. Name of the EMB(S)
25 July 1952 ComisiónEstatal de Elecciones de Puerto

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