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Colonia (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ) is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento , the country's second-oldest city. Geography
Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ⓘ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and the capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.
Colonia Valdense was founded in 1856 (officially as "Valdense"), following the arrival of Italian immigrants from Piedmont, especially from the Waldensian Valleys and the Aosta Valley. The town is named after Pierre Valdo , a French merchant, founder of the religious movement known as " The Waldensians ".
Nueva Helvecia (Spanish for "New Helvetia"; formerly known as Colonia Suiza) is a city in Colonia Department of Uruguay. It is 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay, and a few kilometres from the coast where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Río de la Plata .
Florencio Sánchez is a small city of the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay, on the border with Soriano Department, and is a southern extension of the city Cardona of that department. It is named after the Uruguayan writer and politician Florencio Sánchez and is home to more than 3,700 people.
Español: Mapa de Uruguay, con sus departamentos y municipios en 2020. English: Map of Uruguay, showing departaments and municipalities (2020) Date: 3 September 2015:
La Paz, Colonia. 9 languages. Català ... Uruguay: Department: Colonia Department: Population ... INE map of La Paz This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at ...
It is located on the south end of Route 2, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of its intersection with Route 1 (at kilometre 130 of the later). It is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) (by road) west of Nueva Helvecia and 51 kilometres (32 mi) east-northeast of the department capital city Colonia del Sacramento.