Vieques
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- Territory
- Puerto Rico
- Indigenous settlement
- 3000 – 2000 BCE
- Isabel ii founded
- 1843 – 1852
- Municipality founded
- July 1, 1875
- Founded by
- Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou
- Barrios
- 8 barrios Isabel II barrio-pueblo Florida Llave Mosquito Puerto Diablo Puerto Ferro Puerto Real Punta Arenas
- Mayor
- José (Junito) Corcino Acevedo ( PNP )
- Senatorial district
- 8 – Carolina
- Total
- 52 sq mi (135 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 7,867
- Rank
- 76th in Puerto Rico
- Density
- 158/sq mi (61.1/km )
- Demonym
- Viequense
- White
- 48.7%
- Black
- 38.1%
- American indian an
- 0.4%
- Asian native hawaiian pi
- 0.6%, 0.8%
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Vieques (/viˈeɪkəs/ ; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjekes], locally [ˈbjekeʔ]), officially the Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, comprising the Spanish Virgin Islands together with Culebra. Located about 8 miles (13 km) east of the main island of Puerto Rico, it is about 20 miles (32 km) long and 4.5 miles (7 km) wide. Vieques is spread over 7 barrios and Isabel Segunda (or "Isabel the Second", sometimes written "Isabel II"), its historic and administrative center. Residents of the island are known as viequenses. The population of the island is 8,249 as of the 2020 Census.
The island's name is a Spanish spelling of a Taíno word said to mean "small island" or "small land". It also has the nickname Isla Nena, usually translated as "girl island" or "little girl island", alluding to its perception as Puerto Rico's little sister. The island was given this name by the Puerto Rican poet Luís Lloréns Torres. During the British colonial period, its name was Crab Island.