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Las Piedras
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OverviewAI-generated
Las Piedras is a city in Uruguay, located within the Canelones Department. It serves as the capital of the Municipality of Las Piedras and was established in 1744. The city has a population of 71,268 and contains 20,544 households. Its total area is 13.41688, and it sits at an elevation of 81 meters above sea level.
The local postal code is 15900, and the dialing code is 2. Las Piedras is twinned with Santiago de Compostela. While one source lists the population as 69,682 and the elevation as 72 meters, the city is situated in the America/Montevideo timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Las Piedras
- Region
- Canelones
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 69,682
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Canelones
- Elevation
- 81 m (266 ft)
- Total
- 71,268
- Demonym
- pedrense
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Dial plan
- +598 2 (+7 digits)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Las Piedras translates to "The Rocks". The Las Piedras Pueblo has the municipal buildings, a Roman Catholic church, a main recreational plaza, and shops.
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Encyclopedic overview
Las Piedras is a city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the seventh most populated city of the country. It gives the name to the municipality to which it belongs.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Las Piedras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.