culebra location | Culebra Blog | Culebra, Puerto Rico

admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:18:40 +0000

When we first started talking about moving to Culebra, many people asked, “where the heck is Culebra?” Strangely enough, when I told my friends and colleagues in Tortola, British Virgin Island (right next to USVI) that we were moving to Culebra most of them had no idea where it was, so I truly understand when people I know all over the US (the world really) are not quite sure of our geographic location.

The way I typically explain Culebra’s location is to ask folks if they know where Puerto Rico is located and also St. Thomas…? Next I explain that Culebra is sandwiched in between them, although, geographically it is closer to St. Thomas.

The Culebra entry on wikipedia has this explanation:
“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 approximately 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.

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