Cañada Nieto Explained

Official Name:Cañada Nieto
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Uruguay
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Uruguay
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uruguay
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Soriano Department &<br />Colonia Department
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:430
Timezone:UTC -3
Coordinates:-33.6992°N -58.1083°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:75101
Area Code Type:Dial plan
Area Code:+598 45 (+6 digits)

Cañada Nieto is a village in the Soriano Department of southwestern Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located on Route 96, southeast from Dolores and northwest of its intersection with Route 19.

History

On 22 September 1954 its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 12.137.[1]

Population

In 2011 Cañada Nieto had a population of 430.[2]

Year Population
1963 407
1975 503
1985 479
1996 470
2004 454
2011 430
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ley Nº 12.137 . República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo . 1954 . 5 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101003/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12137 . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Censos 2011 Soriano (needs flash plugin) . 2012 . INE . 6 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091113143716/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf . dead . 13 November 2009 . INE . 2012 . PDF . 6 September 2012 .