List of cities in Uruguay
List
The year given is not the year of foundation but that of the acquisition of "City" status. If this status was obtained on an unknown date before the Independence of Uruguay, the foundation year is given in parentheses, or the date it was declared a "Villa" (Town) followed by an asterisk*.

List of cities in Uruguay

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The year given is not the year of foundation but that of the acquisition of "City" status. If this status was obtained on an unknown date before the Independence of Uruguay, the foundation year is given in parentheses, or the date it was declared a "Villa" (Town) followed by an asterisk*.

Rank	City	Year	Population 2004 Census	Population 2011 Census	Change	Department

1	Montevideo	(1724)	1,269,648	1,319,108	+3.90%	Montevideo

2	Salto	1863	99,072	104,028	+5.00%	Salto

3	Ciudad de la Costa	1994	83,399	95,176*	+14.12%	Canelones

4	Paysandú	1863	73,272	76,412	+4.29%	Paysandú

5	Las Piedras	1925	69,222	71,258	+2.94%	Canelones

6	Rivera	1912	64,426	64,465	+0.06%	Rivera

7	Maldonado	(1755)	54,603	62,590	+14.63%	Maldonado

8	Tacuarembó	1912	51,224	54,755	+6.89%	Tacuarembó

9	Melo	1895	50,578	51,830	+2.48%	Cerro Largo

10	Mercedes	1857	42,032	41,974	−0.14%	Soriano

11	Artigas	1915	41,687	40,658	−2.47%	Artigas

12	Minas	1888	37,925	38,446	+1.37%	Lavalleja

13	San José de Mayo	1856	36,339	36,743	+1.11%	San José

14	Durazno	1906	33,576	34,368	+2.36%	Durazno

15	Florida	1894	32,128	33,639	+4.70%	Florida Department

16	Barros Blancos	2006	13,553	31,650	+133.53%	Canelones

17	Ciudad del Plata	2006	31,145	NA	San José

18	San Carlos	1929	24,771	27,471	+10.90%	Maldonado

19	Colonia del Sacramento	1809*	21,714	26,213	+20.72%	Colonia

20	Pando	1920	24,004	25,947	+8.09%	Canelones

21	Treinta y Tres	1915	25,711	25,477	−0.91%	Treinta y Tres

22	Rocha	1894	25,538	25,422	−0.45%	Rocha

23	Fray Bentos	1900	23,122	22,406	−3.10%	Río Negro Department

24	Trinidad	1903	20,982	21,429	+2.13%	Flores

25	La Paz	1957	19,832	20,524	+3.49%	Canelones

26	Canelones	1916	19,631	19,865	+1.19%	Canelones

27	Carmelo	1920	16,866	18,041	+6.97%	Colonia

28	Dolores	1923	15,753	17,174	+9.02%	Soriano

29	Young	1963	15,759	16,756	+6.33%	Río Negro Department

30	Santa Lucía	1925	16,425	16,742	+1.93%	Canelones

31	Progreso	1981	15,775	16,244	+2.97%	Canelones

32	Paso de Carrasco	1973	15,028	15,908	+5.86%	Canelones

33	Río Branco	1953	13,456	14,604	+8.53%	Cerro Largo

34	Paso de los Toros	1953	13,231	12,985	−1.86%	Tacuarembó

35	Juan Lacaze	1953	13,196	12,816	−2.88%	Colonia

36	Bella Unión	1963	13,187	12,200	−7.48%	Artigas

37	Nueva Helvecia	1952	10,002	10,630	+6.28%	Colonia

38	Libertad	1963	9,196	10,166	+10.55%	San José

39	Rosario	1920	9,311	10,085	+8.31%	Colonia

40	Nueva Palmira	1953	9,230	9,857	+6.79%	Colonia

41	Chuy	1981	10,401	9,675	−6.98%	Rocha

42	Punta del Este	1957	7,298	9,277	+27.12%	Maldonado

43	Piriápolis	1960	7,899	8,830	+11.79%	Maldonado

44	Salinas	1982	6,574	8,626	+31.21%	Canelones

45	Parque del Plata	1969	5,900	7,896	+33.83%	Canelones

46	Lascano	1952	6,994	7,645	+9.31%	Rocha

47	Castillos	1952	7,649	7,541	−1.41%	Rocha

48	Tranqueras	1994	7,284	7,235	−0.67%	Rivera

49	Sarandí del Yí	1956	7,289	7,176	−1.55%	Durazno

50	San Ramón	1953	6,992	7,133	+2.02%	Canelones

51	Tarariras	1969	6,070	6,632	+9.26%	Colonia

52	Pan De Azúcar	1961	7,098	6,597	−7.06%	Maldonado

53	Sauce	1973	5,797	6,132	+5.78%	Canelones

54	Sarandí Grande	1956	6,362	6,130	−3.65%	Florida

55	Atlántida	1967	4,580	5,562	+21.44%	Canelones

56	José Pedro Varela	1967	5,332	5,118	−4.01%	Lavalleja

57	Tala	1960	4,939	5,089	+3.04%	Canelones

58	Guichón	1964	5,025	5,039	+0.28%	Paysandú

59	Cardona	1963	4,689	4,600	−1.90%	Soriano

60	San Jacinto	1976	3,909	4,510	+15.37%	Canelones

61	Toledo	1995	4,028	4,397	+9.16%	Canelones

62	Vergara	1994	3,985	3,810	−4.39%	Treinta y Tres

63	Santa Rosa	1972	3,660	3,727	+1.83%	Canelones

64	Florencio Sánchez	1995	3,526	3,716	+5.39%	Colonia

65	La Paloma	1982	3,202	3,495	+9.15%	Rocha

66	San Gregorio de Polanco	1994	3,673	3,415	−7.02%	Tacuarembó

67	Ombúes de Lavalle	1984	3,451	3,390	−1.77%	Colonia

68	Colonia Valdense	1982	3,087	3,235	+4.79%	Colonia

69	Cerrillos	1971	2,080	2,508	+20.58%	Canelones

70	Aiguá	1956	2,676	2,465	−7.88%	Maldonado

71	Migues	1970	2,180	2,109	−3.26%	Canelones

72	San Bautista	1993	1,880	1,973	+4.95%	Canelones

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Montevideo is city of Uruguay.

final_sentence: Montevideo is city of Uruguay.