Culebra, Puerto Rico

Isla Culebra (IPA: [ku ˈle brə]) (Snake Island) is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso. It is located about seventeen miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland, twelve miles west of St. Thomas and nine miles north of Vieques. Culebra is spread over 5 wards and Culebra (Dewey) Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). The island is also known as Isla Chiquita (Little Island) and Ultima Virgen (Last Virgin). Residents of the island are known as Culebrenses.

Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "Culebra Isla preciosa"
Location of Culebra in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′01″N 65°17′24″W
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Founded	October 27, 1880
Government
• Mayor	Iván Solís (PPD)
• Senatorial dist.	8 - Carolina
• Representative dist.	36
Area
• Total	11.6 sq mi (30.1 km2)
• Land	11 sq mi (28 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,818
• Density	156.43/sq mi (60.40/km2)
• Racial groups (2000 Census)	60.6% White 20.9% Black 1.0% American Indian/AN 1.1% Asian 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pi 13.0% Some other race 3.4% Two or more races
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Zip code	00775

Culebra, Puerto Rico Media

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

  Map of the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge

• 

  Districts (barrios) of Isla Culebra, Puerto Rico (ES)

• 

  Awarded as 2nd best beach in the WORLD! It definitely deserve it, the best beach I have ever been! And is not cozy and free!

• 

  Underwater corals on the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico

• 

  U. S. Navy ammunitions warehouse built in 1905. It is now Culebra's Historical Museum.

Other websites

• Culebra-Island.com
• Culebra - The Complete Travel Guide
• CulebraBlog - Culebra Information
• Culebra National Wildlife Refuge Archived 2004-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Map of Culebra Puerto Rico Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine