page_title: Canelones, Uruguay
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Canelones, Uruguay / Population
context_page_description: Canelones is the capital of the department of Canelones in Uruguay. Its name is derived from a species of cinnamon, which is called "canelón", growing along the banks of the homonymous river. Since 2010, the city is also the seat of the municipality of Canelones.
context_section_description: According to the 2011 census, Canelones had a population of 19,865. In 2010, the Intendencia de Canelones had recorded a population of 25,961 for the municipality during the elections. While Canelones is the capital of the department of the same name, it has a considerably smaller population compared with two other cities in the department, Ciudad de la Costa and Las Piedras.
  Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
caption: Location map of the Municipality of Canelones