Official Name: | Joaquín Suárez |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Uruguay |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uruguay |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uruguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Canelones Department |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1882 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 6570 |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -34.7333°N -56.0333°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 91200 |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
Joaquín Suárez is a village in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. (Suárez is also the name of the municipality to which the village belongs.) It is at the intersection of Routes 84 and 74, northeast of Toledo and southwest of Pando. Sauce is about to the north. The villages are all considered parts of the wider metropolitan area of Montevideo.
Joaquín Suárez is named after the president of Uruguay from 1843–1852. The creation of a villa (town) in the area was approved by decree on 21 July 1866; it was founded on 15 October 1882 by Francisco Piria. It was declared a pueblo (village) on 2 October 1929 by the Act of Ley Nº 8.482.
In 2011 Joaquín Suárez had a population of 6,570.[1] [2]
Year | Population | |
---|---|---|
1908 | 1,425 | |
1963 | 2,357 | |
1975 | 3,458 | |
1985 | 4,175 | |
1996 | 5,173 | |
2004 | 6,214 | |
2011 | 6,570 |