Cerro Gordo, Añasco, Puerto Rico
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 like 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: , and . A "Special Community". In 2014, Cerro Gordo was one of the 742 places on the list of "Special Communities of Puerto Rico" .