250px, School N° 17 Agustín Ferreiro San Luis al Medio is a village in the

Rocha Department Rocha () is a Departments of Uruguay, department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha, Uruguay, Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, ...

of southeastern

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Geography

The village is located on Route 19, about west-northwest of

Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the ...

. The river Río San Luis flows north and west of the town.

History

On 3 November 1952, its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 11.876.

Population

In 2011 San Luis al Medio had a population of 598. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Notable people

* Alem García, politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1992.

References

External links

INE map of San Luis al Medio
Populated places in the Rocha Department {{Rocha-geo-stub