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Melo
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Melo is a city in Uruguay, serving as the capital of the Cerro Largo Department. It was established on June 27, 1795, and is situated at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level. The city covers an area of 18.792921 square kilometers and has a population of 55,985, distributed across 23,892 households. Residents of Melo are referred to by the demonyms melense, arachán, or arachana.
The city uses the postal code 37000 and falls within the America/Montevideo time zone. While one source lists the population as 51,023 and the elevation as 102 meters, the primary administrative data indicates the higher population figure and 80-meter elevation. Melo is located in the Cerro Largo administrative territory.
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Place details
- Locality
- Melo
- Region
- Cerro Largo
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 51,023
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Cerro Largo
- Founded by
- Agustín de la Rosa
- Total
- 18.8 km (7.3 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 80 m (260 ft)
- Density
- 2,980/km (7,720/sq mi)
- Demonym
- melense
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Dial plan
- +598 464 (+5 digits)
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- Official site of Cerro Largo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- arachana
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Cerro Largo Department
- Population
- 51830
- Area
- 18.792921
- Elevation
- 80
- Capital of
- Cerro Largo Department
- Image
- Monumento Artigas - Plaza Constitución - Melo - Vista de monumento y plaza.JPG
- Households
- 23892
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- topic's main category
- Category:Melo, Uruguay
- Commons category
- Melo, Uruguay
- category for people born here
- Category:Melenses
- postal code
- 37000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Melo, Uruguay
- inception
- 1795-06-27
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Melo is the capital city of the Cerro Largo Department of north-eastern Uruguay.
Get in
Buses arrive at the at 18 de Julio and Lestrido.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Melo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmelo]) is the capital city of the Cerro Largo Department of north-eastern Uruguay. As of the census of 2023, it is the ninth most populated city of the country with a population of 56,013.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.