Municipality of Aguas Corrientes

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Municipality of Aguas Corrientes

Municipio de Aguas Corrientes
Municipality
Municipality of Aguas Corrientes
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Location of the municipality of Aguas Corrientes within the department of Canelones and Uruguay.
Coordinates: 34°30′S56°24′W / 34.5°S 56.4°W / -34.5; -56.4
Country Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Department Canelones
Founded15 March 2010
Seat Aguas Corrientes
Government
 •  Mayor Marcelo Delgado (FA) [1]
Area
 • Total51.5 km2 (19.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total1,728
 • Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3
ConstituenciesCCB

The municipality of Aguas Corrientes is one of the municipalities of Canelones Department, Uruguay, established on 15 March 2010. Its seat is the city of Aguas Corrientes.

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History

The municipality was created by the provision of Law No. 18653 of 15 March 2010, as part of Canelones Department, and it includes the CCB constituency. [3]

Its border was established as follows: to the north the Canelón Grande creek upstream from its mouth until Paso Melgarejo; then to the east the residential development areas next to Route 11 in its west side, from the encounter with Canelón Grande creek to Francia road (Road to Paso Jorge), bordering the residential development areas facing Francia road west side, until Route 64, after this point the border goes along the Route 64 until Etchevarría creek, then going along this creek upstream to the encounter with the Estable Varela extension road; to the south, from the latter point going along the road until Gozzo road, from there along Estable Varela road until the corner with Paso de la Garúa road, after that from that point going along Paso de la Garúa road passing by Vida Lux, Blanco and Bella Vista roads, Bella Vista extension road up to Montaño creek, then the border follows downstream up to the Santa Lucía River; to the west, the border goes by the Santa Lucía River, from the mouth of Montaño creek until the mouth of Canelón Grande creek. [4]

Location

It lies at the middle-west side of the Canelones Department, on the shores of Santa Lucía River. It borders to the north with the Municipality of Santa Lucía, to the east with the Municipality of Canelones, to the south with the Municipality of Los Cerrillos and to the west with San José Department.

It covers a territory of 51.5 km2 (19.9 sq mi), whose main economic activities are dairy farming and horticulture. [5]

According the 2011 census it has 1728 inhabitants. [2] Meanwhile, according to 2004 census data, the population reached 2180 inhabitants, around 0.4% of the deparmtent, and being half of it countryside population. [5]

The only urban settlement of the municipality is the city of Aguas Corrientes, its seat.

Authorities

The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors.

Mayors by period
N°MayorPartyStartEndNotes
1Álvaro Alfonso National Party July 2010July 2015 Elected Mayor. [6]
Councilors: Armando Torino (PN), Álvaro Germano (PN), Ricardo Álvez (PC), Carlos Fulco (FA). [6]
2Álvaro AlfonsoNational PartyJuly 2015November 2020 Reelected Mayor. [7]
3Marcelo Delgado Broad Front November 2020Incumbent Elected Mayor. [8] [1] [9]
Councilors: Rossana Quiñones (FA), Daniel Nieves (FA), Amado Torino (PN), Fabián Barreto (PN). [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alcaldes y Alcaldesas asumieron en los 125 Municipios de Uruguay" (in Spanish). Office of Planning and Budget. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Aguas Corrientes" (in Spanish). Uruguay Territory Observatory, Office of Planning and Budget . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ley N° 18653. CREACION DE MUNICIPIOS EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS QUE SE DETERMINAN" (in Spanish). IMPO. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Decreto Nº 76" (PDF) (in Spanish). Canelones: Departmental Board of Canelones. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Municipio de Aguas Corrientes" (in Spanish). Government of Canelones Department. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 Botinelli, Oscar Alberto; Giménez, Wilfredo; Marius, Jorge Luis. Enciclopedia Electoral del Uruguay 1900-2010 (PDF) (in Spanish). FACTUM Institute. p. 2843 – via Parliament of Uruguay.
  7. ↑ "Quiénes son los 112 alcaldes del país" (in Spanish). Portal 180. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mapa de municipios: blancos ganan al menos 21 alcaldías más y FA sigue perdiendo pie" (in Spanish). El Observador. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Listado de Alcaldes y Concejales 2020-2025" (in Spanish). Electoral Court of Uruguay. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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