Vieques
Vieques is a Caribbean island belonging to Puerto Rico, also known as Isla Nena or Little Girl Island. It is a relatively small, rural island about 8 miles east of Puerto Rico.
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- Type: island with 8,250 residents
- Description: island-municipality in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Crab Island”, “Crab Island (Puerto Rico)”, “Isla de Vieques”, “Isla Nena”, “Krabbeneiland”, “Krabbeninsel”, “Municipio de Vieques”, “Vieques (Puerto Rico)”, “Vieques Island”, “Vieques Municipality”, “Vieques PR”, “Vieques, PR”, “Vieques, Puerto Rico”, “Վիեկես”, and “비에케스”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fortín Conde de Mirasol and Punta Mulas Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esperanza.
Vieques
- Category: municipality of Puerto Rico
- Location: Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.1291° or 18° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
-65.4371° or 65° 26′ 14″ west
Population
8,250
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Abbreviation
“VIE”
IATA airport code
VQS
Open location code
77CP4HH7+M5
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Vieques” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቬየቅስ”
- Arabic: “فيكيس”
- Armenian: “Խեցգետնի կղզի”
- Azerbaijani: “Viyekes”
- Basque: “Vieques”
- Belarusian: “В’екес”
- Belarusian: “Востраў В’екес”
- Bengali: “ভিয়েকেস”
- Bishnupriya: “ভিয়েকুয়েস, পুয়ের্তো রিকো”
- Catalan: “Vieques, Puerto Rico”
- Catalan: “Vieques”
- Cebuano: “Vieques Municipality”
- Chinese: “別克斯島”
- Chinese: “别克斯岛”
- Czech: “Vieques”
- Danish: “Vieques”
- Dutch: “Vieques”
- Esperanto: “Vieques”
- Estonian: “Vieques”
- Finnish: “Vieques”
- French: “Vieques”
- Georgian: “ვიეკესი (პუერტო-რიკო)”
- Georgian: “ვიეკესი”
- German: “Vieques”
- Gilaki: “بيئکس (پؤرتؤريکؤ)”
- Gilaki: “بيئکس”
- Greek: “Βιέκες”
- Hausa: “Viyekes”
- Hebrew: “וייקס”
- Indonesian: “Vieques, Puerto Riko”
- Irish: “Vieques”
- Italian: “Vieques”
- Japanese: “ビエケス”
- Japanese: “ビエケス島”
- Javanese: “Viekes”
- Kazakh: “Вьекес”
- Kirghiz: “Вьекес”
- Korean: “비에케스섬”
- Ladin: “Vieques”
- Latvian: “Vjekesa”
- Lithuanian: “Vjekesas”
- Malay: “Viekes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vieques”
- Norwegian: “Vieques”
- Oromo: “Viyekes”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿਏਕਿਸ”
- Papiamento: “Vieques”
- Persian: “ویک، پورتوریکو”
- Persian: “ویکز”
- Persian: “ویکس”
- Polish: “Vieques”
- Portuguese: “Vieques”
- Pushto: “ویکز”
- Russian: “Вьекес”
- Scots: “Vieques”
- Serbian: “Vieques, Puerto Rico”
- Serbian: “Вијекес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vieques, Puerto Rico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vieques”
- Sicilian: “Vieques”
- Slovak: “Vieques”
- Somali: “Viyekes”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویکوز، پورتو ریکو”
- Spanish: “Isla Vieques”
- Spanish: “Vieques Municipio”
- Spanish: “Vieques”
- Swahili: “Viyekes”
- Swedish: “Vieques”
- Tajik: “Вьекес”
- Tatar: “Viyekes”
- Thai: “บิเอเกส”
- Turkish: “Vieques”
- Ukrainian: “В’єкес”
- Urdu: “ویئقیس، پورٹو ریکو”
- Uzbek: “Viyekes”
- Vietnamese: “Vieques, Puerto Rico”
- Vietnamese: “Vieques”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vieques, Puerto Rico”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sector Los Chivos and Monte Carmelo.
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