Porto Rico
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General Data
- Capital
- San Juan
- Population
- 3,2 M (2024)
- Area
- 9 104 km²
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Language
- Spanish / English
- Timezone
- UTC−4
- GDP
- 117 Md$ (2023)
- Independence
- US territory since 1898
Production
A workshop-boutique in Old San Juan — hand-rolled
Annual Revenue
No published figures. Puerto Rico was, until the 1920s, a major tobacco and cigar country; for hand-rolling, only one workshop remains today, documented by its own shopfront.
Manufacturers
- Puerto Rico Tobacco Corporation
Sommelier Note
The island grew a reputed tobacco in the Cordillera Central in the nineteenth century, and the Porto Rican-American Tobacco Company, created in 1899 by American Tobacco, consolidated factories and brands there — a matter of law, written in the 1911 antitrust ruling of the United States Supreme Court. What followed is less well documented: this atlas carries neither growing zone nor variety, and leaves to the house its claims about 1506.
Iconic Brands 1
Cigar caves & lounges in Porto Rico 0
No lounge listed