Cerro Gordo, Añasco, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cerro Gordo
Barrio
Location of Cerro Gordo within the municipality of Añasco shown in red
Cerro Gordo, Añasco, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Añasco
Area
• Total	2.27 sq mi (5.9 km2)
• Land	2.27 sq mi (5.9 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	768 ft (234 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	497
• Density	218.9/sq mi (84.5/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Cerro Gordo is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 497.

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 Cerro Gordo and Corcovada barrios was 1,159.

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 Cerro Gordo barrio:

Camino Los Tres Reyes Magos, and Carretera 405.

A "Special Community"

In 2014, Cerro Gordo was one of the 742 places on the list of "Special Communities of Puerto Rico" Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.

See also

In Spanish: Cerro Gordo (Añasco) para niños

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