Aceguá, Uruguay

Town in Cerro Largo, Uruguay

31°52′0″S 54°10′0″W / 31.86667°S 54.16667°W / -31.86667; -54.16667Country

UruguayDepartmentCerro LargoPopulation

(2011)

• Total1,511Time zoneUTC -3Postal code

37001

Dial plan+598 46 (+6 digits)

Aceguá is the Uruguayan part of a town in the Cerro Largo Department of eastern Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Route 8, on the border with Brazil. The border between Uruguay and Brazil passes through the town and the two parts are separated by an international street.

History

Its status was raised from populated centre to "Pueblo" (village) on 23 December 1941 by decree Ley 10.101^[1] and then to "Villa" (town) on 14 April 1986 by decree Ley 15.810.^[2]

Population

In 2011 Aceguá had a population of 1,511.^[3]

Year	Population
1908	3.766
1963	464
1975	929
1985	1,302
1996	1,432
2004	1,493
2011	1,511

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[4]

References

^ "LEY N° 10.101". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1941. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "LEY N° 15.810". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1968. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Cerro Largo". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.