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=OT.11 Puerto Rico and El Yunque user:nfellerfarbuser:larroyofarb= =__Puerto Rico__ = - Jan. 26 : Día de los Tres Reyes Magos ( Three Kings Day ) - Feb. 14 : Día de San Valentin ( Valentine's Day ) - Mar. 23 : Domingo de la Resurreción ( Easter ) - Nov. 27 : Día de Acción de Gracias ( Thanksgiving Day) - Dec. 25 : Navidad ( Christmas ) =__El Yunque __= ==
 * Puerto Rico's capital is San Juan. Their flag contains the colors red, white,and blue.
 * Puerto Rico is not very big because it is an island.
 * Puerto Rico has special holidays, some are like ours and some are different:
 * One famous person was a governer named Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo ( 1968 - 1972 )
 * Sometimes when temperatures get too humid the frogs will climb to the tree tops. BUT they will not come down the same way there so weightless that in order to avoid predators the will jump down this could make it seem like it is raining frogs
 * El Yunque is a national rain forest located in Vieques,Puerto Rico. Here is a picture:
 * In El Yunque the rain fall can reach up to over 250 inches.
 * Horses are allowed to run free in the El Yunque national forest though some of these horses have owners
 * There is a 300 year old tree in El Yunque on the right side of the road on the way to green beach

= __Costa's Questions __ =


Puerto Rico's holidays are different from our holidays because they're in Spanish and they have more holidays than America. They are the same because they have the same holidays as us and they respect them just as much as we do.
 * 1) ====After looking at some of the Puerto Rican holidays, how are they different from America's holidays? ====

2. Why is learning about Puerto Rico important?
Learning about Puerto Rico is important because it is a Spanish speaking country and learning about other countries can help you learn more about others and their culture.

====3. So how is El Yunque like other rain forests? ==== Like other rain forests it has many diverse and unique animals. As well as legends and folklore.




=Links:=

[|www.elyunque.com] Information about the rain forest el Yunque. http://welcome.topuertorico.org Information about the country Puerto Rico. SS countries Other Spanish speaking countries to read about. [|www.google.com] where we found our images for the wiki page. =Sources:=

"PUERTO RICO EL YUNQUE RAINFOREST, BEACHES & HOTEL GUIDE." __PUERTO RICO EL YUNQUE RAINFOREST, BEACHES & HOTEL GUIDE__. 11 June 2008 <[|http://www.elyunque.com/>.] Rivera, Magaly. "Welcome to Puerto Rico." __http://welcome.topuertorico.org__. 13 June 2008 <[|http://welcome.topuertorico.org>.]