The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City). There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities. The ranks shown are only among cities and not including their wider metropolitan areas.
List The year given is not the year of foundation but that of the acquisition of "City" status. If this status was obtained on an unknown date before the Independence of Uruguay, the foundation year is given in parentheses, or the date it was declared a "Villa" (Town) followed by an asterisk*.
Rank City Year Population2004 Census Population2011 Census Change Department1 Montevideo (1724) Montevideo2 Salto 1863 3 Ciudad de la Costa 1994 4 Paysandú 1863 5 Las Piedras 1925 6 Rivera 1912 7 Maldonado (1755) 8 Tacuarembó 1912 Tacuarembó9 Melo 1895 10 Mercedes 1857 11 Artigas 1915 12 Minas 1888 13 San José de Mayo 1856 San José14 Durazno 1906 15 Florida 1894 16 Barros Blancos 2006 17 Ciudad del Plata 2006 San José18 San Carlos 1929 19 Colonia del Sacramento 1809* 20 Pando 1920 21 Treinta y Tres 1915 22 Rocha 1894 23 Fray Bentos 1900 24 Trinidad 1903 25 La Paz 1957 26 Canelones 1916 27 Carmelo 1920 28 Dolores 1923 29 Young 1963 30 Santa Lucía 1925 31 Progreso 1981 32 Paso de Carrasco 1973 33 Río Branco 1953 34 Paso de los Toros 1953 Tacuarembó35 Juan Lacaze 1953 36 Bella Unión 1963 37 Nueva Helvecia 1952 38 Libertad 1963 San José39 Rosario 1920 40 Nueva Palmira 1953 41 Chuy 1981 42 Punta del Este 1957 43 Piriápolis 1960 44 Salinas 1982 45 Parque del Plata 1969 46 Lascano 1952 47 Castillos 1952 48 Tranqueras 1994 49 Sarandí del Yí 1956 50 San Ramón 1953 51 Tarariras 1969 52 Pan De Azúcar 1961 53 Sauce 1973 54 Sarandí Grande 1956 55 Atlántida 1967 56 José Pedro Varela 1967 57 Tala 1960 58 Guichón 1964 59 Cardona 1963 60 San Jacinto 1976 61 Toledo 1995 62 Vergara 1994 63 Santa Rosa 1972 64 Florencio Sánchez 1995 65 La Paloma 1982 66 San Gregorio de Polanco 1994 Tacuarembó67 Ombúes de Lavalle 1984 68 Colonia Valdense 1982 69 Rodríguez 1909 San José70 Cerrillos 1971 71 Aiguá 1956 72 Migues 1970 73 San Bautista 1993 * According to the INE, during the 2011 census, the population Paso de Carrasco and some barrios not belonging to the municipality of Ciudad de la Costa were counted as part of the city. This would bring its population to 112,447. However, Wikipedia takes the number 95,178 as the one reflecting the population of what is officially defined as "Ciudad de la Costa" and which coincides with the limits of the municipality of the same name.
Source: National Statistics Institute of Uruguay
See also List of populated places in Uruguay Municipalities of Uruguay
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