List of cities in Uruguay

The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City). There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities. The ranks shown are only among cities and not including their wider metropolitan areas.

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List

The year given is not the year of foundation but that of the acquisition of "City" status. If this status was obtained on an unknown date before the Independence of Uruguay, the foundation year is given in parentheses, or the date it was declared a "Villa" (Town) followed by an asterisk*.

Rank City Year Population
2004 Census 		Population
2011 Census 		Change Department
1 Montevideo (1724) 1,269,648 1,319,108 +3.90% Montevideo
2 Salto 1863 99,072 104,028 +5.00%  Salto
3 Ciudad de la Costa 1994 83,399 95,176* +14.12%  Canelones
4 Paysandú 1863 73,272 76,412 +4.29%  Paysandú
5 Las Piedras 1925 69,222 71,258 +2.94%  Canelones
6 Rivera 1912 64,426 64,465 +0.06%  Rivera
7 Maldonado (1755) 54,603 62,590 +14.63%  Maldonado
8 Tacuarembó 1912 51,224 54,755 +6.89% Tacuarembó
9 Melo 1895 50,578 51,830 +2.48%  Cerro Largo
10 Mercedes 1857 42,032 41,974 −0.14%  Soriano
11 Artigas 1915 41,687 40,658 −2.47%  Artigas
12 Minas 1888 37,925 38,446 +1.37%  Lavalleja
13 San José de Mayo 1856 36,339 36,743 +1.11%  San José
14 Durazno 1906 33,576 34,368 +2.36%  Durazno
15 Florida 1894 32,128 33,639 +4.70%  Florida Department
16 Barros Blancos 2006 13,553 31,650 +133.53%  Canelones
17 Ciudad del Plata 2006 31,145 NA  San José
18 San Carlos 1929 24,771 27,471 +10.90%  Maldonado
19 Colonia del Sacramento 1809* 21,714 26,213 +20.72%  Colonia
20 Pando 1920 24,004 25,947 +8.09%  Canelones
21 Treinta y Tres 1915 25,711 25,477 −0.91%  Treinta y Tres
22 Rocha 1894 25,538 25,422 −0.45%  Rocha
23 Fray Bentos 1900 23,122 22,406 −3.10%  Río Negro Department
24 Trinidad 1903 20,982 21,429 +2.13%  Flores
25 La Paz 1957 19,832 20,524 +3.49%  Canelones
26 Canelones 1916 19,631 19,865 +1.19%  Canelones
27 Carmelo 1920 16,866 18,041 +6.97%  Colonia
28 Dolores 1923 15,753 17,174 +9.02%  Soriano
29 Young 1963 15,759 16,756 +6.33%  Río Negro Department
30 Santa Lucía 1925 16,425 16,742 +1.93%  Canelones
31 Progreso 1981 15,775 16,244 +2.97%  Canelones
32 Paso de Carrasco 1973 15,028 15,908 +5.86%  Canelones
33 Río Branco 1953 13,456 14,604 +8.53%  Cerro Largo
34 Paso de los Toros 1953 13,231 12,985 −1.86% Tacuarembó
35 Juan Lacaze 1953 13,196 12,816 −2.88%  Colonia
36 Bella Unión 1963 13,187 12,200 −7.48%  Artigas
37 Nueva Helvecia 1952 10,002 10,630 +6.28%  Colonia
38 Libertad 1963 9,196 10,166 +10.55%  San José
39 Rosario 1920 9,311 10,085 +8.31%  Colonia
40 Nueva Palmira 1953 9,230 9,857 +6.79%  Colonia
41 Chuy 1981 10,401 9,675 −6.98%  Rocha
42 Punta del Este 1957 7,298 9,277 +27.12%  Maldonado
43 Piriápolis 1960 7,899 8,830 +11.79%  Maldonado
44 Salinas 1982 6,574 8,626 +31.21%  Canelones
45 Parque del Plata 1969 5,900 7,896 +33.83%  Canelones
46 Lascano 1952 6,994 7,645 +9.31%  Rocha
47 Castillos 1952 7,649 7,541 −1.41%  Rocha
48 Tranqueras 1994 7,284 7,235 −0.67%  Rivera
49 Sarandí del Yí 1956 7,289 7,176 −1.55%  Durazno
50 San Ramón 1953 6,992 7,133 +2.02%  Canelones
51 Tarariras 1969 6,070 6,632 +9.26%  Colonia
52 Pan De Azúcar 1961 7,098 6,597 −7.06%  Maldonado
53 Sauce 1973 5,797 6,132 +5.78%  Canelones
54 Sarandí Grande 1956 6,362 6,130 −3.65%  Florida Department
55 Atlántida 1967 4,580 5,562 +21.44%  Canelones
56 José Pedro Varela 1967 5,332 5,118 −4.01%  Lavalleja
57 Tala 1960 4,939 5,089 +3.04%  Canelones
58 Guichón 1964 5,025 5,039 +0.28%  Paysandú
59 Cardona 1963 4,689 4,600 −1.90%  Soriano
60 San Jacinto 1976 3,909 4,510 +15.37%  Canelones
61 Toledo 1995 4,028 4,397 +9.16%  Canelones
62 Vergara 1994 3,985 3,810 −4.39%  Treinta y Tres
63 Santa Rosa 1972 3,660 3,727 +1.83%  Canelones
64 Florencio Sánchez 1995 3,526 3,716 +5.39%  Colonia
65 La Paloma 1982 3,202 3,495 +9.15%  Rocha
66 San Gregorio de Polanco 1994 3,673 3,415 −7.02% Tacuarembó
67 Ombúes de Lavalle 1984 3,451 3,390 −1.77%  Colonia
68 Colonia Valdense 1982 3,087 3,235 +4.79%  Colonia
69 Rodríguez 1909 2,561 2,604 +1.68%  San José
70 Cerrillos 1971 2,080 2,508 +20.58%  Canelones
71 Aiguá 1956 2,676 2,465 −7.88%  Maldonado
72 Migues 1970 2,180 2,109 −3.26%  Canelones
73 San Bautista 1993 1,880 1,973 +4.95%  Canelones

 * According to the INE, during the 2011 census, the population Paso de Carrasco and some barrios not belonging to the municipality of Ciudad de la Costa were counted as part of the city. This would bring its population to 112,447. However, Wikipedia takes the number 95,178 as the one reflecting the population of what is officially defined as "Ciudad de la Costa" and which coincides with the limits of the municipality of the same name.

Source: National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inicio – Instituto Nacional de Estadística". www.ine.gub.uy.
  2. ^ "Lists of populated places by letter". INE. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Censos 2011 (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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