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Place details
- Locality
- Canelones
- Region
- Canelones
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 19,698
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Canelones
- Municipality
- Canelones
- Founded by
- Agustin Savio
- Total
- 11.6 km (4.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 29 m (95 ft)
- Density
- 2,080/km (5,400/sq mi)
- Demonym
- canario (m) / canaria (f)
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Dial plan
- +598 433 (+5 digits)
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- www .imcanelones .gub .uy
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 10 June 1782
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- canarias
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Canelones Department
- Population
- +24185
- Area
- +11.574759
- Elevation
- +18
- Capital of
- Municipality of Canelones
- Image
- Canelones-Monument.jpg
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Article
Canelones ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaneˈlones]) 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.
Geography