Toledo | |
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City & Municipality | |
  Toledo Location within Uruguay | |
| Coordinates: 34°44′32″S56°05′54″W / 34.74222°S 56.09833°W Coordinates: 34°44′32″S56°05′54″W / 34.74222°S 56.09833°W | |
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| Founded | 1889 |
| Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population (2011 Census) | |
| • Total | 4,397 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 91100 |
| Dial plan | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
Toledo is a small city in the Canelones Department of Uruguay. Together with Villa Crespo y San Andrés, it forms a population centre of more than 14,000, which is also generally known as "Toledo", although the censual area of Toledo itself has only about 4,400 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census. They are both part of the wider metropitan area of Montevideo.
The Departamento de Canelones , with an area of 4,536 km2 (1,751 sq mi) and 518,154 inhabitants, is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.44 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.
Villa Crespo y San Andrés is a small town or populated centre in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. Together with its neighbouring Toledo, they form a population centre of about 13,800. They are both part of the wider metropitan area of Montevideo.
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Toledo is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs and includes Villa Crespo y San Andrés as well as several other urban centres of the area.
