 {{infobox settlement |official_name = city of el cerrito |settlement_type = city |image_skyline = cerrito theater san pablo avenue.jpg |image_caption = san pablo avenue, with the historic cerrito theater |image_seal = el cerrito california seal.png |image_map = contra_costa_county_california_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_el_cerrito_highlighted.svg |map_caption = location in contra costa county and the state of california |subdivision_type = country |subdivision_name =  |subdivision_type1 = state |subdivision_name1 =  |subdivision_type2 = county |subdivision_name2 = contra costa |established_title = incorporated |established_date = august 23, 1917 |leader_title = mayor |leader_name = greg lyman |leader_title1 = state senator |leader_name1 =  |leader_title2 = state&nbsp;assembly |leader_name2 =  |leader_title3 = u. s. congress |leader_name3 =  |leader_title4 = county board |leader_name4 = district 1:john gioia |area_magnitude = | unit_pref = us | area_footnotes =  | area_total_sq_mi = 3.688 | area_land_sq_mi = 3.688 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | area_total_km2 = 9.551 | area_land_km2 = 9.551 | area_water_km2 = 0 | area_water_percent = 0 | area_note = |elevation_ft =69 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 23549 |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto |timezone = [[pacif
Cities_in_Contra_Costa_County,_California Cities_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area El_Cerrito,_California Incorporated_cities_and_towns_in_California Populated_places_established_in_1906