The Montevideo metropolitan area () refers to the

conurbation A conurbation is a region consisting of a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ...

around

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, encompassing its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities in the departments of

, Canelones and San José. According to the 2011 Census of the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the department of Montevideo was 1,319,108 inhabitants, but considering its metropolitan area, it would reach 1,764,745 inhabitants, which corresponds to 54% of the national total. Greater Montevideo is the most important region of the country in economic and sociocultural terms, having the highest population density. It produces 65% of the national GDP, 60% of the manufacturing industry and 80% of the services. Since the 1990s, telephone numbers in the area have had the same prefix, 2. Previously, this only belonged to the capital city, while the rest of the surrounding towns governed long-distance call rates.

Cities and towns

Canelones Department

Montevideo Department

San José Department

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References

Geography of Montevideo Department Geography of San José Department Geography of Canelones Department

Cities and towns

Canelones Department

Montevideo Department

San José Department

See also

References