Paso de Carrasco or Paso Carrasco is a city in 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 ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. Paso Carrasco is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs and which includes also

Barra de Carrasco Barra de Carrasco is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay. Its name means "mouth of the Carrasco Creek". Geography Location It is located adjacent to Carrasco, an eastern neighbourhood (barrio) of ...

and the area of the International Airport.

Geography

Location

The city is located on Route 106 (Camino Carrasco), east of the stream

Arroyo Carrasco Carrasco Creek () is a Uruguayan stream, separating Canelones Department and Montevideo Department. It flows from the Carrasco Swamps into the Río de la Plata. It is one of the most contaminated water streams in the country. See also *List of ...

. Across this stream it borders the

Montevideo Department Montevideo () is a department (''departamento'') of Uruguay. It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of Montevideo, which is also the national capital. While most of the departme ...

, to the southeast it borders the

Ciudad de la Costa Ciudad de la Costa is a city in Canelones Department of Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata between the streams Arroyo Carrasco and Arroyo Pando. It is considered an extension of the metropolitan area of Montevideo which it borders to t ...

, while to the northeast is the

Carrasco International Airport Carrasco/General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport is the main international airport of Uruguay. It is the country's largest airport and is located in the Carrasco neighborhood of Montevideo. It has been cited as one of the most effic ...

History

On 15 October 1963 its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 13.167. On 19 October 1994, its status was further elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 16.608.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Paso Carrasco had a population of 15,908. In 2010, the ''Intendencia de Canelones'' had estimated a population of 19,775 for the municipality during the elections. The official site of the ''Intendencia de Canelones'' states now a population of 22,688 for the municipality. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Places of worship

* Parish Church of St. Joseph the Worker (

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)

References

External links

INE map of Colonia Nicolich, Paso Carrasco, Carrasco Int.Airport, and parts of the municipality of Ciudad de la Costa
Populated places in the Canelones Department {{Canelones-geo-stub