Huocupao

Huocupao is an atoll in the Lesser Antilles and the northernmost island of Antilla, located about 33 km northeast of Cape Campo. It covers about 103 km2, though most of this area is occupied by Icupo Lagoon, with the nine cays surrounding the lagoon constituting a total land area of only 17.8 km2, making Huocupao the third smallest island in Antilla. Green Cay, which forms the southeastern third of the lagoon's perimeter, constitutes over three quarters of Huocupao's total land area, with the eight other cays surrounding the rest of the lagoon together accounting for the remaining land area. With an approximate population of 1330, it is the nation's 18th most populous island.

The atoll's name is likely derived from a Carib toponym meaning "island of cassava beer". Indeed, the atoll has no freshwater source other than a handful of small underground springs, and its soil is much poorer than the mineral- and nutrient-rich volcanic soils of Antilla's tall islands—being one of the few crops capable of thriving in such conditions, cassava was likely grown as the atoll's staple crop during the pre-colonial period.

Today, Huocupao's economy is centred primarily on fishing with few agricultural ventures, its fishermen prolific enough to afford to purchase the rest of their families' food requirements from the farmers of Marquesa and Parmesa, and the same import-export businesses on Spanish Harbour who buy their fish. There are also two five-star resorts located on Green Cay. About three quarters of Huocupao's population lives in Cahuana, the atoll's only proper port, with the rest of the population residing in tiny hamlets scattered along the length of Green Cay's inner shore, most of whom are pensioners who retired to the calm of the lagoon from larger communities.