The municipality of La Floresta is one of the municipalities of

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 ...

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, established on 15 March 2010. Its seat is the city of La Floresta.

History

The municipality was created by the provision of Law No. 18653 of 15 March 2010, as part of Canelones Department, and it includes the CLB and CLC constituencies.

Location

The municipality lies at the southeast side of the Canelones Department. The main activity of the municipality is tourism, as it is made up of a chain of spas on the

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (; ), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...

. Its area is 65.5 km². The census localities that make it up, had a population of 7,310 inhabitants, in 2011.

Localities

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* La Floresta *

Estación La Floresta Estación La Floresta is a suburb of La Floresta in the Canelones Department of Uruguay. Location It is located on the junction of Route 35 with Route 103, north of the Ruta Interbalnearia, and bordering La Floresta to the south and to the west ...

Costa Azul Costa Azul is a village and resort of the Costa de Oro in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and sou ...

Bello Horizonte Bello Horizonte is a village and resort on the Costa de Oro (Coast of Gold), in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. Geography Bello Horizonte is located in the south of the department of Canelones, on the shores of the Río de la Plat ...

* Guazuvirá * San Luis * Los Titanes *

La Tuna LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...

* Araminda *

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Cuchilla Alta Cuchilla Alta (the Spanish term for ''High Hill'') is a seaside resort of the Costa de Oro, in Canelones Department of Uruguay, Montevideo. Geography Location It is located about east of Montevideo between the resorts Santa Lucía del Este and E ...

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* Santa Ana * Balneario Argentino * Jaureguiberry

References

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