Las Piedras, Artigas

Las Piedras (which means "The Stones") is a suburb of Bella Unión in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay.

Las Piedras
Suburb of Bella Unión
Las Piedras
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 30°14′0″S 57°35′0″W
Country Uruguay
DepartmentArtigas Department
Population
 (2011)
  Total2,771
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
55100
Dial plan+598 4779 (+4 digits)

Location

The suburb is located on Route 3 and borders the urban area of the city to the south, suburb Franquia to the north and suburb Cuareim to the west.

Geography

Las Piedras, Franquia and Cuareim are located on a protruding part of land between Uruguay River and the mouth of Río Cuareim, where the international boundaries of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil meet.

Population

In 2011 it had a population of 2,771.[1]

YearPopulation
1963216
1975738
19851,253
19962,099
20042,164
20112,771

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2]

References

  1. "Censos 2011 Cuadros Artigas". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. "1963–1996 Statistics / L". Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Archived from the original (DOC) on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.


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