Maldonado (city)

Maldonado
Maldonado
	Spanish Maldonado
	Flag
A country	Uruguay
The Department	Maldonado
Alcalde	Dina chavez
History and Geography
Based	1755
Square	;
Center height
Timezone	UTC − 3 , summer UTC − 2
Population
Population	84 809 people ( 2011 )
Katoykonim	fernandino / a
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+598 422
Postcode	20000
	City site (Spanish)

Maldonado ( Spanish: Maldonado ) - a city in the southern part of Uruguay ; administrative center of the department of the same name .

Content

Geography

It is located 134 km east of Montevideo and 13 km south of the city of San Carlos . From the southeast to the Maldonado adjoins the resort town of Punta del Este . Together with Punta del Este and other suburbs, it forms an agglomeration with a population of about 175,000 people. To the east of the city flows the stream of Maldonado.

History

Maldonado was founded on October 19, 1755 at the initiative of the Governor of Montevideo, Joaquin de Viana.

Population

According to 2011 data, the population of the city is 62,590 people ^[1] .

Year	Population
1908	4431
1963	15 005
1975	22,762
1985	33,535
1996	48 936
2004	54 603
2011	62 590

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay ^[2]

Famous Natives

Martin Campagna - Uruguayan footballer
Fernando Clavihiro - Uruguayan-American football player and coach

Twin Cities

La Plata , Argentina ^[3] (1994)
Gramado , Brazil ^[4] (1994)
Miami-Dade , USA ^[5] (1994)
Cancun , Mexico
Corvera de Asturias , Spain ^[6]

Notes

↑ Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin) (unspecified) . INE (2012). Date of treatment August 25, 2012. Archived November 23, 2012.
↑ Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) (neopr.) (PDF). INE (2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
↑ Ciudades y Provincias argentinas hermanadas con contrapartes extranjeras (neopr.) (17 de agosto de 2006). Date accessed 8 de enero de 2014.
↑ Maldonado: cidade irmã de Gramado (unopened) (unreachable link) (2 de julio de 2007). Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013. Archived January 11, 2015.
↑ Sesión Ordinaria 25 de Setiembre de 2007 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) (25 de Setiembre de 2007). Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013. Archived on March 9, 2014.
↑ Listado de hermanamientos con Latinoamérica (neopr.) . Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013.

[pop-1] Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin) (unspecified) . INE (2012). Date of treatment August 25, 2012. Archived November 23, 2012.

[stats-2] Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) (neopr.) (PDF). INE (2012). Date of treatment September 7, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.

[3] Ciudades y Provincias argentinas hermanadas con contrapartes extranjeras (neopr.) (17 de agosto de 2006). Date accessed 8 de enero de 2014.

[4] Maldonado: cidade irmã de Gramado (unopened) (unreachable link) (2 de julio de 2007). Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013. Archived January 11, 2015.

[5] Sesión Ordinaria 25 de Setiembre de 2007 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) (25 de Setiembre de 2007). Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013. Archived on March 9, 2014.

[6] Listado de hermanamientos con Latinoamérica (neopr.) . Date accessed 29 de marzo de 2013.