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Ciudad de la Costa
Sign in to savecity in the Canelones department, Uruguay
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Ciudad de la Costa is a city and administrative territorial entity located in the Canelones Department of Uruguay. Established in 1994, the municipality has an area of 51.25 and a population of 112,449. Its residents are referred to as costense, and Spanish is the official language. The city sits at an elevation of 17 above sea level and is governed by the Municipality of Ciudad de la Costa.
The urban area includes the administrative entities of Solymar, San José de Carrasco, Shangrilá, and Barra de Carrasco. It shares borders with Paso Carrasco, General Líber Seregni, and Montevideo. The city is situated near the Arroyo Pando and the Río de la Plata.
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- Locality
- Ciudad de la Costa
- Region
- Canelones
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Canelones
- City and municipality
- 51.25 km (19.79 sq mi)
- Urban
- 57 km (22 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 17 m (56 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Postal codes
- 15000 - 15008
- Dial plan
- +598 2 (+7 digits)
- Climate
- Cfa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative territorial entity
- Demonym
- costense
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Canelones Department
- Contains
- Colinas de Solymar
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 112449
- Area
- 51.25
- Elevation
- 17
- Body of water
- Río de la Plata
- Shares border with
- Montevideo
- Official website
- ciudaddelacosta.imcanelones.gub.uy
- Image
- Puente americas canelones.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ciudad de la Costa
- topic's main category
- Category:Ciudad de la Costa
- inception
- 1994-00-00
- executive body
- Municipality of Ciudad de la Costa
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Encyclopedic overview
Location map of the Municipality of Ciudad de la Costa Ciudad de la Costa is a city in Canelones Department of Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata between the streams Arroyo Carrasco and Arroyo Pando. It is considered an extension of the metropolitan area of Montevideo which it borders to the west, while to the east it borders Costa de Oro. It was declared a city on 19 October 1994 and given its current name. At the 2011 census, it was the second most populated city of Uruguay between Montevideo and Salto.
Ciudad de la Costa is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs, but which does not include the area of Barra de Carrasco.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciudad de la Costa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.