Culebra

Also known as Culebra Island, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, PR, Culebra PR, Culebra Municipio

island-municipality in Puerto Rico

Key facts

Sovereign state: United States
Commonwealth: Puerto Rico
Founded: October 27, 1880
Founded by: Don Cayetano Escudero
Barrios: 6 barrios Culebra barrio-pueblo Flamenco Fraile Playa Sardinas I Playa Sardinas II San Isidro
Mayor: Edilberto (Junito) Romero Llovet ( PNP )
Senatorial dist: 8 - Carolina
Total: 11.6 sq mi (30.1 km )
Land: 11 sq mi (28 km )
Estimate 2025: 1,735
Rank: 78th in Puerto Rico
Density: 170/sq mi (64/km )
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
Area code: 787/939

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 3
Image: Zoni Beach Culebra, Puerto Rico.png

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native label: Culebra
Commons category: Culebra, Puerto Rico
postal code: 00775
inception: 1880-10-27

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Culebra, officially Isla de Culebra ( Spanish pronunciation: [kuˈleβɾa], "Snake Island"), is a small archipelago and island organized as a municipality of Puerto Rico. Comprising the eponymous main island, the smaller island of Culebrita, and various cays, including Norte and Luis Peña, it is located about 17 miles (27 km) northeast of the main island of Puerto Rico, 12 miles (19 km) west of Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Vieques, with which it composes the Spanish Virgin Islands. It is spread over the historic and administrative center of Culebra Pueblo and 5 barrios, and its residents are known as culebrenses. With a population of 1,792 as of the 2020 Census, it is the least populous municipality in Puerto Rico.

Originally called Isla del Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso, Culebra is also known as Isla Chiquita ("Little Island"), Cuna del Sol Borincano ("Cradle of the Puerto Rican Sun") and Última Virgen ("Last Virgin", due to its position at the western end of the smaller islands of the Virgin Islands archipelago).