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The southwestern region of Uruguay, in which Colonia is located, is typically associated with dairy production. Its proximity to Buenos Aires makes it the main entry point for tourists traveling from Argentina to Uruguay. Tourism is also favored by part of the capital being a World Heritage Site.
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 .
Information about Colonia Valdense at Multimedia Uruguay portal cultural (in Spanish) INE map of Colonia Valdense; Linguistic Book, published by University of the Republic (Uruguay) Pi Hugarte, Renzo; Vidart, Daniel (1970). El legado de los inmigrantes (PDF) (in Spanish). Montevideo: Nuestra Tierra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-15
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.
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Map of San José Department. San José Department (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse]) is a department of Uruguay.Its capital is San José de Mayo.It borders Colonia Department to the west, Flores Department to the north and the departments of Florida, Canelones and Montevideo to the east.
Ombúes de Lavalle is a small city located in the north of Colonia Department in southwestern Uruguay.It is named after the Argentine General Juan Lavalle. [1] The term «Ombúes» is the Spanish plural for «Ombú», a tree originary of the Pampas region, in southern South America, and a national symbol of both Argentina and Uruguay.
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