Alejandro Gallinal

Village in Florida Department, Uruguay

Alejandro Gallinal Cerro Colorado
Village
El Carrillón at Alejandro Gallinal
33°52′0″S 55°33′0″W / 33.86667°S 55.55000°W / -33.86667; -55.55000
Country	Uruguay
Department	Florida Department
Population (2011)
• Total	1,357
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	94101
Dial plan	+598 4318 (+4 digits)

Alejandro Gallinal or Cerro Colorado (old name, still in use) is a village in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on route 7 of the canal path Route 7, about 142 kilometres (88 mi) northeast of Montevideo.

History

On 18 December 1952, the locality "Cerro Colorado" was given its new name by decree Ley N° 11.893.^[1] Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by decree Ley N° 15.708 on 28 January 1985.^[2]

Population

In 2011 Alejandro Gallinal had a population of 1,357.^[3]

Year	Population
1963	593
1975	906
1985	1,092
1996	1,170
2004	1,336
2011	1,357

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[4]

References

^ "LEY N° 11.893". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1952. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Ley Nº 15.708". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1985. Retrieved 4 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Florida". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2012.