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18 de Mayo

Dieciocho de Mayo
City and municipality
Location of 18 de Mayo in the Canelones Departament
Location of 18 de Mayo in the Canelones Departament
18 de Mayo is located in Uruguay
18 de Mayo
18 de Mayo
Location in Uruguay
Country  Uruguay
Department  Canelones
Founded 15 March 2013
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 21,362
Time zone UTC -3

18 de Mayo or Dieciocho de Mayo is a city and municipality in the Canelones Department of Uruguay.

Establishment

After a process of evaluation at departmental level, this municipality was created in 15 March 2013.

It includes several towns, belonging until that date to the municipalities of Las Piedras and Progreso, in the old Route 5 area: Villa Alegria, Vista Linda, El Dorado, San Francisco, Villa Cristina, San Isidro, El Dorado Chico and Villa Foresti.

Its name commemorates the Battle of Las Piedras, which took place in 1811.

There is concern at the political and local level for giving this populous area a city status.

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