Miguelete, Uruguay

Village in Colonia Department, Uruguay

Miguelete Colonia Miguelete
Village
34°0′0″S 57°39′0″W / 34.00000°S 57.65000°W / -34.00000; -57.65000
Country	Uruguay
Department	Colonia Department
Founded	1909
Population (2011)
• Total	999
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	70005
Dial plan	+598 4575 (+4 digits)

Miguelete or Colonia Miguelete is a village in the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Route 106, a small distance south of its intersection with Route 54, about 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-northeast of the department capital Colonia del Sacramento.

History

Miguelete was founded on 27 March 1909. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) category on 8 November 1942 por Ley No. 10.113.^[1]

There is a nearby creek of the same name.

Population

In 2011 Miguelete had a population of 999.^[2]

Year	Population
1908	2,795
1963	438
1975	536
1985	649
1996	893
2004	979
2011	999

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[3]

Famous people

Santiago Urrutia, race driver

References

^ "LEY N° 10.113". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1942. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Censos 2011 Colonia (needs flash plugin)". ΙΝΕ. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.