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> Puerto Rico is a part of the United States PR is an unincorporated territory i.e. not part of the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporat
by SixSigma 10y ago
> Puerto Rico is a part of the United States
PR is an unincorporated territory i.e. not part of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_...
- __derek__ 10y agoThat's a distinction without a difference for the purposes of the comment to which you replied.
- SixSigma 10y agoNot really. As it has its own administration and ergo telecoms system. It makes as much sense as "the UK is part of the US"
- emodendroket 10y agoRight, yeah, who could forget how the US has sovereignty over the UK? What a nonsensical comparison.
- Declanomous 10y agoI understand the political nuance, but PR phone numbers work just like a phone number from the 50 states for everyone else I know.
- ubernostrum 10y agoPuerto Rico is not a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is territory of and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
- Spooky23 10y agoThat's not really accurate. That status was developed for the transitional period after the Spanish American War, and subsequent legislation and court cases evolved that initial state. It's really a colony, unlike US States it isn't a sovereign entity unto itself, and is essentially at the mercy of congress with respect to self-governance and other things.