Editing Vieques, Puerto Rico (section)

==Government==
[[File:Casa Alcaldía Isabel Segunda, Vieques PR.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Casa Alcaldía de Vieques|Casa Alcaldía]] (City Hall), Isabel Segunda]]
{{See also|Government of Puerto Rico}}

Vieques is a [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipio of Puerto Rico]], translated as "municipality" and in this context roughly equivalent to "township". All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Vieques is [[José "Junito" Corcino Acevedo]], of the [[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|New Progressive Party]] (PNP). He was first elected at the [[Puerto Rican general election, 2020|2020 general elections]].

The city belongs to the [[Puerto Rico Senatorial district VIII]], which is represented by two Senators. In 2024, [[Marissa Jiménez]] and [[Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez]] were elected as District Senators.<ref>[https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml Elecciones Generales 2024: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml |date=2024-12-30 }} on CEEPUR</ref>
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===Barrios===
[[File:Vieques Barrios.jpg|thumb|500px|Topographic Map of Vieques, 1951<br />with ''[[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]]'']]
Vieques is divided into eight [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]], including the downtown barrio called Isabel Segunda.<ref name="Law2015">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ |last=Law |first=Gwillim |title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 |page=300 |date=May 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3 |access-date=December 25, 2018 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" />

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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders defaultright col5right"
|+ Population and Area Statistics of Vieques Barrios
|- 
! scope="col" | ''Barrio''
! scope="col" | {{nowrap|Area (m<sup>2</sup>)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-state=dt&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=06000US7214728953&-geo_id=06000US7214736564&-geo_id=06000US7214746196&-geo_id=06000US7214755312&-geo_id=06000US7214765331&-geo_id=06000US7214765374&-geo_id=06000US7214765675&-geo_id=06000US7214766148&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y |title=Total Population: Florida barrio, Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico |website=American Factfinder |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212034111/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-state=dt&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=06000US7214728953&-geo_id=06000US7214736564&-geo_id=06000US7214746196&-geo_id=06000US7214755312&-geo_id=06000US7214765331&-geo_id=06000US7214765374&-geo_id=06000US7214765675&-geo_id=06000US7214766148&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
! scope="col" | Population<br />{{nowrap|<small>(census 2000)</small>}}
! scope="col" | Density
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | [[List of cays and islets of Puerto Rico|Cays and islets]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[Isabel II barrio-pueblo]]
| 696997 || 1459|| 2093.3||—
|-
! scope="row" | [[Florida, Vieques, Puerto Rico|Florida]]
| 11553856 || 4126|| 357.1||—
|-
! scope="row" | [[Llave]]
| 15420815 || 8|| 0.5||—
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mosquito, Vieques, Puerto Rico|Mosquito]]
| 6279364 || 0|| 0.0||—
|-
! scope="row" | [[Puerto Diablo]]
| 45323702 || 984|| 21.7||Roca Cucaracha, Isla Yallis, Roca Alcatraz, Cayo Conejo, Cayo Jalovita, Cayo Jalova
|-
! scope="row" | [[Puerto Ferro]]
| 21199791 || 856|| 40.4||Isla Chiva, Cayo Chiva
|-
! scope="row" | [[Puerto Real, Vieques, Puerto Rico|Puerto Real]]
| 19943599 || 1673|| 83.9||Cayo de Tierra, Cayo de Afuera (Cayo Real)
|-
! scope="row" | [[Punta Arenas, Vieques, Puerto Rico|Punta Arenas]]
| 11227244 || 0|| 0.0||—
|- style="background:#EAECF0; font-weight:bold;" class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" style="background:#EAECF0; font-weight:bold;" | Vieques
| 131645368 || 9106 || 69.2||&nbsp;
|}
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#Monte Santo neighborhood(in Florida barrio)
#Colonia Luján (in Puerto Ferro barrio)
#Destino (in Puerto Real barrio)
#Esperanza (in Puerto Real barrio)
#Martineau Bay and Resort Spa (in Isabela Segundo – barrio pueblo)
#Pilón (= Quebrada Pilón, in Puerto Real barrio?)
#Villa Borinquen
#Monte Carmelo
#Verde Vieques
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These are often referred to as "[[barrio]]s", though this term is also applied to various other sublocalities and townships on the island.
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===Sectors===
{{Further|List of barrios and sectors of Vieques, Puerto Rico}}
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997–2004 | date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|archive-date=September 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Special Communities===
{{main|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}
{{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of [[social exclusion]]. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Vieques: Sector Gobeo in Barrio Florida, Bravos de Boston, 
Jagüeyes, Monte Carmelo, Pozo Prieto (Monte Santo) and Villa Borinquén.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997–2004|date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref>