{{short description|Barrio of Las Marías, Puerto Rico}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Cerrote | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Cerrote, Las Marías, Puerto Rico locator map.png | map_caption = Location of Cerrote within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.212424|-66.923691|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="gaze">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Commonwealth | subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Las Marías.svg}} Las Marías | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="gaze" /> | area_total_sq_mi = 4.48 | area_land_sq_mi = 4.48 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = Source: 2010 Census | population_total = 496 | population_density_sq_mi = 110.7 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = &minus;4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2414967|Cerrote barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 1211 | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = | area_code = }}

'''Cerrote Barrio''' is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 496.<ref name="Pico_1969">{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}</ref><ref name="Law2015">{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|accessdate=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}</ref><ref name= "2010 Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

==History== Cerrote was in Spain's gazetteers<ref>{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="OfficeSanger1900">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n255 164]| language=es}}</ref> {{US Census population| align= center | 1900= 864 | 1910= 1056 | 1920= 1262 | 1930= 884 | 1940= 1000 | 1950= 1035 | 1960= 979 | 1970= 594 | 1980= 781 | 1990= 734 | 2000= 612 | 2010= 496 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Sectors== Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |accessdate=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) |website= Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|accessdate=28 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|accessdate=24 June 2020}}</ref>

The following sectors are in Cerrote barrio:<ref name="sectores">{{cite web |title=PRECINTO ELECTORAL LAS MARÍAS 034 |url=http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/034%20LAS%20MARIAS.pdf |website=Comisión Estatal de Elecciones |publisher=PR Government |date=19 October 2018 |access-date=22 July 2020 |language=es |archive-date=22 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722183412/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/034%20LAS%20MARIAS.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{lang|es|Sector Bryan, Sector Casanova, Sector Guaba, Sector Justiniano, Sector Laguna}}, and {{lang|es|Sector Miraflores}}.

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{GNIS|2414967|Cerrote barrio}}

Category:Barrios of Las Marías, Puerto Rico

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