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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. 160,000), American Samoa (55,000), and the Northern Mariana Islands (54,000). cities it is more convenient than Alaska or Hawaii or many smaller cities in the lower 48. Puerto Rico became a territory in 1898 and a commonwealth in 1952.