Miguelete, Uruguay

Miguelete or Colonia Miguelete is a village in the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay.

Miguelete

Colonia Miguelete
Village
Miguelete
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°0′0″S 57°39′0″W
Country Uruguay
DepartmentColonia Department
Founded1909
Population
 (2011)
 • Total999
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
70005
Dial plan+598 4575 (+4 digits)

Location

It is located on Route 106, a small distance south of its intersection with Route 54, about 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-northeast of the department capital Colonia del Sacramento.

History

Miguelete was founded on 27 March 1909. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) category on 8 November 1942 por Ley No. 10.113.[1]

There is a nearby creek of the same name.

Population

In 2011 Miguelete had a population of 999.[2]

YearPopulation
19082,795
1963438
1975536
1985649
1996893
2004979
2011999

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

Famous people
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gollark: Wouldn't that cause similar problems to the mosquitoes?
gollark: We must destroy all mosquitoes.
gollark: Possibly, but they *are* very annoying so it's probably worth it.
gollark: 7 seems a weirdly round number for neutral to be if it's the output of something like that.

References
  1. "LEY N° 10.113". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1942. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. "Censos 2011 Colonia (needs flash plugin)". ΙΝΕ. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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