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Maldonado, officially named San Fernando de Maldonado, is a city in Uruguay. It serves as the capital of both the Maldonado Department and the Municipality of Maldonado. The city was established in 1755 and is situated next to the Río de la Plata. Its official language is Spanish, and the local demonym is fernandina or fernandino.
The city has a population of 86,782 and covers an area of 59.8 square kilometers. It lies at an elevation of 24 meters above sea level. Maldonado maintains twinned relationships with Miami-Dade County, La Plata, Gramado, and Corvera de Asturias. The postal code for the area is 20000.
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Place details
- Locality
- Maldonado
- Region
- Maldonado
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 55,478
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Maldonado
- Founded by
- Joaquín de Viana
- Mayor alcalde
- Dina Fernández Chaves ( PN )
- Capital city
- 59.8 km (23.1 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 24 m (79 ft)
- Density
- 1,710/km (4,420/sq mi)
- Urban
- 135,014
- Metro
- 173,000
- Demonym
- Fernandino
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Dial plan
- +598 42 (+6 digits)
- Climate
- Cfb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- San Fernando de Maldonado
- Demonym
- fernandino
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Municipality of Maldonado
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 86782
- Area
- 59.8
- Elevation
- 24
- Body of water
- Río de la Plata
- Capital of
- Municipality of Maldonado
- Image
- Maldonado desde la Barra.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Rosario
- Commons category
- Maldonado, Uruguay
- topic's main category
- Category:Maldonado, Uruguay
- category for people born here
- Category:People born in Maldonado
- postal code
- 20000
- inception
- 1755-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Maldonado, Uruguay
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Get in
Punta del Este is close enough to walk or bike.
Bus service is available from cities such as Montevideo, Piriápolis, and Punta del Este. Buses stop at the at Roosevelt and Sarandí, which has a restaurant, a taxi stand, and couple of small stores selling food and miscellaneous items. It's standard for buses to stop in Maldonado on the way to and from Punta del Este. Maldonado is served by the following bus companies: Bruno, COT, COPSA, Emtur, Tureste, Turismar, Nuñez (there is a platform called URUBUS where all bus companies are centralized and is easier to buy tickets for tourists). There is also local and regional bus service available from Codesa, Guscapar, and Micro Ltda.
Stay safe
Avoid the Maldonado Nuevo area in the northeast of the city, because since the 1990 a lot of poor people in search of work settled in this area although there were a lack of houses, developing slums that were focus of crime. The situation in this neighbourhood has improved, but the area could still be dangerous for tourists.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Maldonado ( Spanish pronunciation: [maldoˈnaðo]) is the capital city of Maldonado Department, in eastern Uruguay. According to the 2023 Census, it is the fourth most populated city in the country, with about 102 thousand inhabitants. However, together with the cities of Punta del Este and San Carlos it makes up a conurbation with a population of over 135 thousand inhabitants.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maldonado” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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