Culebra
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| Nickname : La Isla Chiquita, Última Virgen | |||
 Map of the municipality of Culebra |
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1880 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| Outside area : | Puerto Rico | ||
| Coordinates : | 18 ° 19 ′ N , 65 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,868 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 66.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 30.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 28 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 3 m | ||
| FIPS : | 72-22589 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1610197 | ||
| Mayor : | Abraham Peña Nieves | ||
Culebra ( Spanish for "snake") is an inhabited island belonging to Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea with about 1860 inhabitants. Together with around 27 surrounding islands and rocks, it also forms one of the 78 independent communities in Puerto Rico and is the second largest community and second largest island in the Spanish Virgin Islands .
Location and geography
The island is located in the Caribbean a good 27 kilometers east of the main island of Puerto Rico and is one of the Spanish Virgin Islands , the western subgroup of the Virgin Islands . About 19 kilometers to the west is the island of Saint Thomas, which belongs to the American Virgin Islands .
Culebra has an irregular shape with a headland extending far to the north and a deeply cutting bay in the south. With a length of eleven kilometers and a maximum width of eight kilometers, it has an area of 30.1 km².
The highest point is 198 meters above sea level, in Monte Resaca in the north of the island. The Cerro Balcór in the northeast reaches 168 meters.
There are around 27 other, much smaller islands and cays in front of the island. The area and population are shown in the table below:
Administrative division
The municipality (municipio) Culebra, to which the offshore islands also belong, is divided into six districts (barrios) :
| Barrio | Area m² |
Population ( 2000 census ) |
density | associated islands |
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| Culebra barrio-pueblo | 408,969 | 652 | 1594.3 | - |
| flamenco | 12,602,398 | 885 | 70.2 | Cayo Pirata, Cayo Verde, Cayo Matojo, El Ancon, Piedra Stevens, Los Gemelos, Alcarraza, Roca Lavador (flooded), Cayo Botijuela, Cayo de Luis Peña, Las Hermanas (Cayo del Agua, Cayo Ratón, Cayo Yerba), El Mono , Cayo Lobo, Roca Culumna (part of Cayo Lobito), Cayo Lobito, Cayo Tuna |
| Fraile | 8,211,978 | 51 | 6.2 | Culebrita , Cayo Botella, Pelá, Pelaita |
| Playa Sardinas I | 410.235 | 136 | 331.5 | - |
| Playa Sardinas II | 2,600,088 | 122 | 46.9 | - |
| San Isidro | 5,857,771 | 22nd | 3.8 | Roca Bacon, Cayo Norte, Cayo Sombrerito, Cayos Geniquí, Cayo Tiburón, Cayo Ballena |
| Culebra | 30.091.439 | 1,868 | 62.1 | 23 islands, cays and rocks |
The affiliation of the secondary islands to the districts is shown on the official map.
Nautical chart of Culebra
Culebra, Flamenco Beach
Wrecked tank on the former shooting range in Flamenco Beach
Flamenco Beach
Arrival and tourism
Culebra has a small airport with regular flights to Puerto Rico and the major neighboring islands. The island can also be reached with regular and reasonably priced ferry connections. There are three ships daily from the mainland; car ferries are also used at irregular intervals.
Due to the nature and some very beautiful beaches, the island is a popular holiday destination, especially with Puerto Ricans and US citizens. Flamenco Beach, one of the main beaches on the island, is sometimes counted among the ten most beautiful sandy beaches in the Caribbean.
Most of the smaller neighboring islands, including Culebrita , but not Cayo Norte, and parts of the island (two stretches of coast in the southeast) are protected as the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge .
Flamenco Beach in the north of Culebra was named the eighth most beautiful beach in the world by TripAdvisor in 2015.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau: Culebra Municipio, Puerto Rico by County Subdivision and Place - GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 . Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Detailed Tables - American FactFinder . Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives:
- ↑ http://www.tripadvisor.de/TravelersChoice-Beaches-cTop-g1