Official Name: | Cruz de los Caminos |
Other Name: | (Cuchilla de) Caraguatá |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Uruguay |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uruguay |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uruguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Tacuarembó Department |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 463 |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -32.2325°N -54.9711°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 45019 |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 463 (+5 digits) |
Cruz de los Caminos, formerly named Cuchilla de Caraguatá or Caraguatá is a village in the Tacuarembó Department of Uruguay. It took its original name from a nearby range of hills, known as the Cuchilla de Caraguatá. The word 'Caraguatá' refers to a local plant and is also the name of a nearby stream.
The village is situated in the east of the department, southeast of Las Toscas, on km. 360 of Route 6 and on its intersection with Route 26.
In 2011 Cruz de los Caminos had a population of 463.[1] No former census had given results for this location.
Year | Population | |
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2011 | 463 |
In Cruz de los Caminos is Public School 61, while to its west, on Route 6 is Public School 26, next to the police station. About west-southwest of Las Toscas is the rural area Public School 28, named Costas de Caraguatá.