Municipality of Sarandí del Yí
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Municipality of Sarandí del Yí
Municipio de Sarandí del Yí | |
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| Municipality of Sarandí del Yí | |
 Location of the municipality of Sarandí del Yí within the department of Durazno and Uruguay. | |
| Coordinates: 33°20′38.96″S 55°37′52.69″W / 33.3441556°S 55.6313028°W | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Durazno |
| Founded | 15 March 2010 |
| Seat | Sarandí del Yí |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Pereira (PN) [1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 656.2 km2 (253.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 7,389 |
| • Density | 11.26/km2 (29.16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 |
| Constituencies | RDC, RDD and RDE |
The municipality of Sarandí del Yí is one of the municipalities of Durazno Department, Uruguay. Its seat is the city of Sarandí del Yí.
The municipality is located in the southwest area of the Durazno Department.
History
The municipality of Guichón was created by Law N° 18.653 of 15 March 2010, in compliance with what was provided by Law N° 18567 of decentralization and citizen participation. This law mandated the creation of municipalities in every settlement with a population above 2000 inhabitants. The constituencies RDC, RDD and RDE of Durazno Department were assigned to this municipality.[3][4]