Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 120V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Puerto Rico
- +1.787|939
What every visitor should know about Puerto Rico:
- Money
- The currency is the US dollar (USD). 1 dollar is worth about €0.70.
- Crime
- Capital
- San Juan
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Puerto Rico facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 3,971,020
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Ethnicity
- White (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed 4.2%, other 6.7%
Economy
- GDP
- US$18,700 (per capita)