Vieques Travel Guide

Vieques (English pronunciation: vee-AY-kayz or -kez), in full Isla de Vieques, is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean. Like mainland Puerto Rico the island is US territory, though it retains strong Spanish influences from 400 years of Spanish ownership.
Vieques lies about to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures approximately long by wide. It has a population of about 10,000 during peak season; many mainland Americans live on Vieques during the winter months. Its two towns are the administrative center Isabel Segunda (sometimes written Isabel II) on the northern side of the island, and Esperanza on the south.
The island's name is a Spanish spelling of a Native American word said to mean "small island". It also has the nickname "Isla Nena", usually translated from the Spanish as "Little Girl Island", as a reference to its being perceived as Puerto Rico's little sister island. Its natives are known as "Viequenses". During the colonial period the British name was "Crab Island".
Vieques is best known internationally as the site of a series of protests against the US Navy's use of the island as a bombing range and weapons testing ground, which eventually led to the Navy's departure in 2003. (...) more....

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