| Official Name: | Paso de Carrasco |
| Other Name: | Paso Carrasco |
| Settlement Type: | City & Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Uruguay |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Uruguay |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Uruguay |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Population As Of: | 2011 Census |
| Population Total: | 15908 |
| Timezone: | UTC -3 |
| Coordinates: | -34.8714°N -56.0272°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 15000 |
| Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
| Area Code: | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
Paso de Carrasco or Paso Carrasco is a city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.
Paso Carrasco is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs and which includes also Barra de Carrasco and the area of the International Airport.
The city is located on Route 106 (Camino Carrasco), east of the stream Arroyo Carrasco. Across this stream it borders the Montevideo Department, to the southeast it borders the Ciudad de la Costa, while to the northeast is the Carrasco International Airport.
On 15 October 1963 its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 13.167.[1] On 19 October 1994, its status was further elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 16.608.[2]
According to the 2011 census, Paso Carrasco had a population of 15,908.[3] In 2010, the Intendencia de Canelones had estimated a population of 19,775 for the municipality during the elections.[4] The official site of the Intendencia de Canelones states now a population of 22,688 for the municipality.
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 4,896 | |
| 1975 | 8,592 | |
| 1985 | 10,278 | |
| 1996 | 12,174 | |
| 2004 | 15,028 | |
| 2011 | 15,908 |