Joaquín Suárez (town) explained

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.

History

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.

Places of worship

Population

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
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censos 2011 Cuadros Canelones . 2012 . INE . 25 August 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041513/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Canelones/P_3_CAN.xls . 10 October 2012 .
  2. Web site: Censos 2011 Canelones . 2012 . INE . 28 August 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120907041709/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/canelones.html . 7 September 2012 .
  3. Web site: Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) . INE . 2012 . PDF . 7 September 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx . 23 March 2015 .