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The first division of Uruguay into six departments occurred on 27 January 1816. In February of the same year, two more departments were formed, and in 1828 one more was added. When the country's first constitution was signed in 1830, there were nine departments: Montevideo, Maldonado, Canelones, San José, Colonia, Soriano, Paysandú, Durazno ...
Map of municipalities and departments of Uruguay as of 2021. The Uruguayan departments are subdivided into municipalities and, as of 2023, there are 127 municipalities. This second level administrative division system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009 and the first municipalities were created (or converted from Local Boards in the previous system) in March 2010.
Español: Mapa de Uruguay, con sus departamentos y municipios en 2020. English: Map of Uruguay, showing departaments and municipalities (2020) Date: 3 September 2015:
ISO 3166-2:UY is the entry for Uruguay in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Uruguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 19 ...
Topographic map of Maldonado Department showing main populated places and roads. The Maldonado Department (Spanish: Departamento de Maldonado; pronounced [maldoˈnaðo]), with an area of 4,793 km 2 (1,851 sq mi) and 164,300 [1] inhabitants (2011), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado.
Map of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística showing the 62 barrios; Map of the RAP CEIBAL showing the 62 barrios; Revista Raíces, the history of some of the barrios; Intendencia de Montevideo, the history of some of the barrios; Intendencia de Montevideo, useful data for some of the barrios; Intendencia de Montevideo - List of the 62 barrios
To the southwest is the Río de la Plata, the estuary of the Uruguay River (the river which forms the country's western border). A dense fluvial network covers the country, consisting of four river basins, or deltas: the Río de la Plata Basin, the Uruguay River, the Laguna Merín, and the Río Negro.
Uruguay adopted its first constitution in 1830, following the conclusion of a three-year war in which Argentina and Uruguay fought as a regional federation: the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. Sponsored by the United Kingdom, the 1828 Treaty of Montevideo built the foundations for a Uruguayan state and constitution. A constitution ...