Cerrillos or Los Cerrillos is a very small city in the west part of the

Canelones Department The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...

of southern

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. Cerrillos is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs. It was created on 15 March 2010 by the Act of Ley Nº 18.653. It comprises the electoral districts CCA and CEB of Canelones department. The localities Campo Militar, Sofía Santos, Las Brujas and Parador Tajes are parts of this municipality.

Geography

Location

The city is located on the intersection of Route 36 with Route 46, about southwest of the city of Canelones and north west of the centre of

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History

It was founded on 3 August 1896. On 5 July 1907, its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 3.188, and on 23 October 1958 to "Villa" by the Act of Ley N° 12.581. Finally, on 20 July 1971, it received the status of "Ciudad" (city) by decree N° Ley 13.990.

Population

In 2011 Cerrillos had a population of 2,508. In 2010, the ''Intendencia de Canelones'' estimated a population of 7,369 for the municipality during the elections. MunCanCerrillos

Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Places of worship

* Church of St. Michael Archangel (

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)San Miguel Arcángel

Notable people

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(1937-2016), author and ''payador'' *

Wilmar Cabrera Wilmar Rubens Cabrera Sappa (born July 31, 1959, in Cerrillos, Uruguay) is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Toro". He obtained 26 caps for his national team, scoring six goals. Having made his debut on June 2, 1983, ...

(1959 - ), football player and trainer * Martín Bentancor (1979 - ), author * Ignacio Molina (2007 - ), football player

References

External links

Official website

INE map of Cerrillos
Populated places in the Canelones Department {{Canelones-geo-stub