Esperanza, Puerto Rico

Esperanza Esperanza Comunidad
Community
Calle Flamboyant in Esperanza
Motto:  A town of “Hope”
Location in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Vieques island
Esperanza
Coordinates: 18°05′50″N65°28′15″W / 18.0972°N 65.4708°W / 18.0972; -65.4708
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Vieques
Area
• Total	1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
• Land	1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [1]	695 ft (212 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,219
• Density	959.8/sq mi (370.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Area code	787
Website	vieques.com/island-town-esperanza

Esperanza is a comunidad in Puerto Real Barrio, on the south side of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. ^[2] It was the location of Hacienda Casa del Frances, a historic site listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. ^[3]

Climate

Due to the town's location inside the tropics, its low elevation, and its position in the Caribbean Sea, Esperanza experiences a Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). This results in a hot and wet climate throughout the year, with no significant change in temperature between seasons. Precipitation is spread evenly around the year, but the town experiences its greatest rainfall between the months of Aug-Nov.

Climate data for Esperanza, PR (Normals 2011, Extremes 1944-1994)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	92 (33)	100 (38)	93 (34)	98 (37)	94 (34)	99 (37)	99 (37)	96 (36)	95 (35)	94 (34)	94 (34)	94 (34)	96 (36)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	84 (29)	84 (29)	85 (29)	87 (31)	87 (31)	89 (32)	89 (32)	89 (32)	89 (32)	89 (32)	87 (31)	85 (29)	87 (31)
Daily mean °F (°C)	76 (24)	76 (24)	77 (25)	79 (26)	80 (27)	82 (28)	82 (28)	82 (28)	82 (28)	81 (27)	80 (27)	77 (25)	80 (27)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	69 (21)	68 (20)	69 (21)	71 (22)	73 (23)	75 (24)	75 (24)	75 (24)	74 (23)	73 (23)	72 (22)	70 (21)	72 (22)
Record low °F (°C)	50 (10)	51 (11)	54 (12)	55 (13)	58 (14)	60 (16)	60 (16)	59 (15)	57 (14)	63 (17)	58 (14)	59 (15)	57 (14)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.72 (94)	2.76 (70)	3.22 (82)	3.40 (86)	7.19 (183)	4.63 (118)	4.38 (111)	6.00 (152)	6.46 (164)	7.79 (198)	7.73 (196)	4.72 (120)	5.16 (131)
Source: Island Vieques [4]

Gallery

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  Malecon House in Esperanza
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  View from Malecon House
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  Esperanza at night
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  Boats in Esperanza
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  Cliffs around Esperanza, Vieques
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  View of El Yunque when sailing around Vieques
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  Esperanza, Vieques
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  Playa Esperanza at night, Vieques
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  Downtown Esperanza

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Vieques, Puerto Rico

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Esperanza comunidad
2. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
3. Benzel, Jan (March 19, 2018). "Returning to Vieques" – via NYTimes.com.
4. "Island Vieques". Archived from the original on January 18, 2004. Retrieved June 15, 2017.

External links

• http://www.buyzips.com/zip/Vieques/PR/00765/Vieques.htm Retrieved June 14, 2017.
• Census profile: Esperanza, PR Retrieved June 14, 2017.
• Basic Facts about Vieques, Puerto Rico