Melo
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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
Key dates
- Inception
- 27 June 1795
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- arachana
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Cerro Largo Department
- Population
- +55985
- Area
- +18.792921
- Elevation
- +80
- Capital of
- Cerro Largo Department
- Image
- Monumento Artigas - Plaza Constitución - Melo - Vista de monumento y plaza.JPG
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Article
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