List of cities in Uruguay


The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad". There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities. The ranks shown are only among cities and not including their wider metropolitan areas.

List

The year given is not the year of foundation but that of the acquisition of "City" status. If this status was obtained on an unknown date before the Independence of Uruguay, the foundation year is given in parentheses, or the date it was declared a "Villa" followed by an asterisk*.
RankCityYearPopulation
2004 Census		Population
2011 Census		ChangeDepartment
1MontevideoMontevideo--
2Salto1863--
3Ciudad de la Costa1994--
4Paysandú1863--
5Las Piedras1925--
6Rivera1912--
7Maldonado--
8Tacuarembó1912Tacuarembó--
9Melo1895--
10Mercedes1857--
11Artigas1915--
12Minas1888--
13San José de Mayo1856--
14Durazno1906--
15Florida1894--
16Barros Blancos2006--
17Ciudad del Plata2006--
18San Carlos1929--
19Colonia del Sacramento1809*--
20Pando1920--
21Treinta y Tres1915--
22Rocha1894--
23Fray Bentos1900--
24Trinidad1903--
25La Paz1957--
26Canelones1916--
27Carmelo1920--
28Dolores1923--
29Young1963--
30Santa Lucía1925--
31Progreso1981--
32Paso de Carrasco1973--
33Río Branco1953--
34Paso de los Toros1953Tacuarembó--
35Juan Lacaze1953--
36Bella Unión1963--
37Nueva Helvecia1952--
38Libertad1963--
39Rosario1920--
40Nueva Palmira1953--
41Chuy1981--
42Punta del Este1957--
43Piriápolis1960--
44Salinas1982--
45Parque del Plata1969--
46Lascano1952--
47Castillos1952--
48Tranqueras1994--
49Sarandí del Yí1956--
50San Ramón1953--
51Tarariras1969--
52Pan De Azúcar1961--
53Sauce1973--
54Sarandí Grande1956--
55Atlántida1967--
56José Pedro Varela1967--
57Tala1960--
58Guichón1964--
59Cardona1963--
60San Jacinto1976--
61Toledo1995--
62Vergara1994--
63Santa Rosa1972--
64Florencio Sánchez1995--
65La Paloma1982--
66San Gregorio de Polanco1994Tacuarembó--
67Ombúes de Lavalle1984--
68Colonia Valdense1982--
69Cerrillos1971--
70Aiguá1956--
71Migues1970--
72San Bautista1993--

* According to the INE, during the 2011 census, the population Paso de Carrasco and some barrios not belonging to the municipality of Ciudad de la Costa were counted as part of the city. This would bring its population to 112,447. However, Wikipedia takes the number 95,178 as the one reflecting the population of what is officially defined as "Ciudad de la Costa" and which coincides with the limits of the municipality of the same name.
Source: National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay