Cerrillos (Uruguay)
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Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′ S , 56 ° 22 ′ W Cerrillos on the map of Uruguay
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| Country | Uruguay | |
| Department | Canelones | |
| City foundation | August 3, 1896 | |
| Residents | 2508 (2011) | |
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| City Presidency | Rosa Imoda | |
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Cerrillos is a city in Uruguay .
geography
It is located in the west of the Canelones department in sector 3 . It is located a few kilometers south of Aguas Corrientes and Santa Lucía and southwest of the departmental capital Canelones . In the urban area are the sources of the Arroyo Durán and the Arroyo del Juncal , both tributaries of the Río Santa Lucía .
history
Cerrillos was founded on August 3, 1896. By legal decree (Ley 3.188) of July 5, 1907, this step was also officially carried out and it was classified as "Pueblo". On October 23, 1958, Law No. 12.581 was upgraded to the "Villa" category, before Cerrillos was finally declared a "Ciudad" on July 20, 1971.
Infrastructure
education
With the Liceo de Los Cerrillos founded in 1968, Cerrillos has a secondary school ( Liceo ).
traffic
The route 36 leads through Cerrillos .
Residents
The population of Cerrillos is 2,508 (as of 2011).
| year | Residents |
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| 1908 | 5.010 |
| 1963 | 1,221 or 1,185 |
| 1975 | 1,601 |
| 1985 | 1,763 |
| 1996 | 1.916 |
| 2004 | 2,080 |
| 2011 | 2,508 |
Source, unless otherwise indicated:
City administration
Mayoress ( Alcalde ) of Cerrillos is Rosa Imoda ( Partido Nacional ).
sons and daughters of the town
- Wilmar Cabrera (* 1959), football player
Web links
- City map of Cerrillos (PDF; 94 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Revista, editions 1-3, 1907, p.73 Montevideo (Uruguay) Instituto de Agronomía
- ↑ a b c "Toponimia y categorización jurídica oficial de las localidades urbanas de Uruguay" on the official website of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) (PDF; 246 kB)
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on October 31, 2013
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963-1996 ( MS Word ; 176 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay - status 2004 ( MS Excel ; 75 kB), accessed on October 24, 2010
- ↑ "ALCALDES Y CONCEJALES ELECTOS EN CANELONES" on the Internet news portal "Hoy Canelones" ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )