Canelones Department is one of the nineteen departments into which Uruguay is divided, and its capital is the city of Canelones. It covers about 4,536 square kilometres and had 520,187 residents at the census of 1 September 2011. Canelones was one of the nine original departments created by law on 27 August 1828, together with Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandú, San José and Soriano. The name comes from the Spanish word canelón, an augmentative of canal, meaning channel, and Statoids notes that the streams Canelón Grande and Canelón Chico flow through the department.
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Area (sq km) Admission Year Sources
1. Departments of Uruguay (Statoids)
Departments table, Canelones
Canelones UY.CA UY02 520,187 4,536 1,751 Canelones 90
Change history, 1828-08-27
1828-08-27: Uruguay divided by law into nine departamentos (departments): Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandú, San José, and Soriano.
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Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in southeastern South America.
Canelones Department (Wikipedia)
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The Departament de Canelones (Spanish: Departamento de Canelones) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments.
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