Cedrito, Comerío, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cedrito
Barrio
El Salto de Comerío between Doña Elena and Cedrito
Location of Cedrito within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Cedrito, Comerío, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Comerío
Area
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.6 km2)
• Land	2.52 sq mi (6.5 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	1,093 ft (333 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,191
• Density	472.6/sq mi (182.5/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Cedrito is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,191.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.

The following sectors are in Cedrito barrio:

Sector Baudilio Torres, Sector Capilla, Sector La Prieta, Sector La Tiza, Sector Los Hernández, Sector Los Valenes, Sector Meléndez, Sector Parcelas, Sector Rabo de Buey, and Sector Toño Ayala.

History

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 combined population of Cedrito and Cejas barrios was 1,158.

See also

In Spanish: Cedrito para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico