Cerrote
Barrio of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
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Cerrote Barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 496.[3][4][5]
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Cerrote | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 498 in Cerrote | |
 Location of Cerrote within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red | |
  Cerrote Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°12′45″N 66°55′25″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Las Marías |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.48 sq mi (11.6 km2) |
| • Land | 4.48 sq mi (11.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,211 ft (369 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 496 |
| • Density | 110.7/sq mi (42.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Cerrote was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Cerrote barrio was 864.[7]
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[14][15][16]
The following sectors are in Cerrote barrio:[17]
Sector Bryan, Sector Casanova, Sector Guaba, Sector Justiniano, Sector Laguna, and Sector Miraflores.
