NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Transportation in Puerto Rico

Railways:
total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge, rural, narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; Tren Urbano provides passenger train service between various points of the area known as metropolitan area, in addition to the amusement type of ride at El Parque del Tren's public train. Species -wild -wild -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... El Parque del Tren (The Trains Park) is a touristic attraction in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. ...

Highways:
total: 14,400 km
paved: 14,400 km
unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors: Guanica, Guayanilla, Guayama, Playa de Ponce, San Juan Guánica is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ... Guayanilla is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ... Guayama is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ... Ponce, the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area is named after the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. ... San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico. ...

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,513 GRT/14,976 DWT
ships by type: roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

Airports: 30 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 21 (Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan) Executive Air dba American Eagle ATR-72 and American Airlines aircraft at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in April 2001 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is the islands main international gateway, and its main connection to the mainland United States. ... San Juan, the Spanish for Saint John, is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken: Argentina San Juan Province San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province Cuba San Juan Hill Mexico San Juan, Campeche San Juan, Chihuahua San Juan, Coahuila San Juan...

over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 6 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.)

National airline:

Fina Air

Categories: Transportation in Puerto Rico Fina Air Saab 340, registration number N112-PX, at Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. ...

Results from FactBites:

Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3291 words)
	Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks.
	Puerto Rico's formal Chief of State is the President of the United States; however, most of the executive functions are carried out by the governor.
	A non-voting Resident Commissioner is elected by the residents of Puerto Rico to the U.S. Congress.

Puerto Rico (832 words)
	Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea.
	Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States in the Spanish-American War, after Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico to the victorious Americans under the Treaty of Paris (1898).
	Puerto Ricans have been American citizens since 1917, and as such are free to live anywhere in the United States; similarly, all Americans have the right to migrate to Puerto Rico.

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