Cerrillos
Cerrillos is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, and Machuelo Arriba, Cerrillos is one of the municipality's seven interior rural barrios. It was founded in 1878.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: barrio in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Cerrillos Barrio”, “Cerrillos, Ponce”, “Cerrillos, Ponce, Puerto Rico”, and “Cerrillos, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park and Colegio Ponceño.
Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park
Park
Photo: Tito Caraballo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park is a park in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Lake Cerrillos Dam recreational area.
Colegio Ponceño
College
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Colegio Ponceño is a Roman Catholic, Piarist, pre K-12 preparatory school located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The institution "has been recognized by the College Board as the best among public and private schools in Puerto Rico during the last 14 years." It has been regarded as one of the "most prestigious private schools in the city."…
Cerrillos State Forest
Nature reserve
Cerrillos State Forest is one of the 21 state forests in Puerto Rico. It is located in barrio Maragüez, in the municipality of Ponce, and covers 200 cuerdas of valleys and mountains in the foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range. Cerrillos State Forest is situated 3½ km north of Cerrillos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juana Díaz.
Juana Díaz
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Juana Díaz is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located along the island's Caribbean coast immediately to the east of Ponce. It has a small historic downtown area, an interesting cave system with indigenous petroglyphs, and a long-held tradition of celebrating an Epiphany parade.
Cerrillos
- Categories: barrio of Puerto Rico and locality
- Location: Cerrillos Barrio, Ponce, Porta Caribe, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.06088° or 18° 3′ 39″ northLongitude
-66.57221° or 66° 34′ 20″ westElevation
130 metres (427 feet)Open location code
77CM3C6H+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 9537776265OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Cerrillos” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerrillos Barrio”
- Spanish: “Barrio Cerrillos”
- Spanish: “Cerrillos (Ponce)”
- Spanish: “Cerrillos (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Cerrillos”
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