Where did salsa came from?

Question:

Where did salsa came from?

Some says salsa came from Cuba. Some say it came from Puerto Rico. Could you identify or enumerate the countries that claim that salsa came from them?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: New York created the term "Salsa", but was not the origin of the dance, just the city that made it become so popular. Salsa style is a continious evolution as each individual adds their own individual style and flavor to the dance.

Salsa is sort of a "melting pot"; strongest purported origins were from Cuba, but combined with many other influences from many other counries such as:

England/France: Contra-Danze (Country Dance), later called Danz㳮, which was brought by the French who fled from Haiti

Africa : Rhumbas (Guaguanco, Colombia, Yamb㺩.

Bands from the followingcountries took their music to Mexico City in the era of the famous films of that country:

Dominican Republic
Colombia
Puerto Rico Bands

Mexico (Rhumba, S㳮 Montuno, Guaracha, Mambo, Cha cha cha, Danz㳮, S㳮, Guguanco, Cubop, Guajira, Charanga, Cumbia, Plena, Bomba, Festejo, Merengue)
Where the the "melting pot" of all of the above was stirred and perfected.