Municipality of Aguas Corrientes
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Municipality of Aguas Corrientes
Municipio de Aguas Corrientes | |
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| Municipality of Aguas Corrientes | |
Location of the municipality of Aguas Corrientes within the department of Canelones and Uruguay. | |
| Coordinates: 34°30′S 56°24′W / 34.5°S 56.4°W | |
| Country | |
| Department | Canelones |
| Founded | 15 March 2010 |
| Seat | Aguas Corrientes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marcelo Delgado (FA) [1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 51.5 km2 (19.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,728 |
| • Density | 33.6/km2 (86.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
| Constituencies | CCB |
The municipality of Aguas Corrientes is one of the municipalities of Canelones Department, Uruguay, established on 15 March 2010. Its seat is the city of Aguas Corrientes.
The municipality was created by the provision of Law No. 18653 of 15 March 2010, as part of Canelones Department, and it includes the CCB constituency.[3]
Its border was established as follows: to the north the Canelón Grande creek upstream from its mouth until Paso Melgarejo; then to the east the residential development areas next to Route 11 in its west side, from the encounter with Canelón Grande creek to Francia road (Road to Paso Jorge), bordering the residential development areas facing Francia road west side, until Route 64, after this point the border goes along the Route 64 until Etchevarría creek, then going along this creek upstream to the encounter with the Estable Varela extension road; to the south, from the latter point going along the road until Gozzo road, from there along Estable Varela road until the corner with Paso de la Garúa road, after that from that point going along Paso de la Garúa road passing by Vida Lux, Blanco and Bella Vista roads, Bella Vista extension road up to Montaño creek, then the border follows downstream up to the Santa Lucía River; to the west, the border goes by the Santa Lucía River, from the mouth of Montaño creek until the mouth of Canelón Grande creek.[4]