Aiguá () is a city of the

Maldonado Department The Maldonado Department ( es, Departamento de Maldonado; ), with an area of and 164,300 inhabitants (2011), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado. Geography and climate Neighbouring departments are Rocha to the Eas ...

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. Its name means ''running water'' in the

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. It is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs. It includes the following zones: Aiguá, Sauce de Aiguá, Sarandí de Aiguá, Alférez, Valdivia, Salamanca, Coronilla, Rincón de Aparicio, Los Talas, Paso de los Talas.

Location

The town is located in the northern sector of the department, at the intersection of Route 39 with Route 109, north of the capital city, Maldonado.

Geography

The city is situated on the east bank of the stream Arroyo de Aiguá, one of the main tributaries of

Cebollatí River The Cebollatí River is a Uruguayan river that rises in Cuchilla Grande (Big Ridge), flows southwest to northeast and forms a border between Treinta y Tres and Rocha. Features and location At roughly , it is one of the longest rivers in Urugua ...

. The municipality of Aiguá has the highest point of Uruguay, the

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. This point is situated at an altitude of .

History

On 9 May 1906 it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) and its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) on 4 January 1956 by decree Ley No. 12.265.

Population

In 2011 Aiguá had a population of 2,465. According to the Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado, the municipality of Aiguá has a population of 4,500. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Places of worship

* Parish Church of St. Anthony of Padua and Our Lady of the Valley of Aiguá (

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)

Notable people

Domingo Burgueño Miguel Domingo may refer to: People *Domingo (name), a Spanish name and list of people with that name *Domingo (producer) (born 1970), American hip-hop producer *Saint Dominic (1170–1221), Castilian Catholic priest, founder of the Friars popularly cal ...

, mayor of Maldonado *

Arturo Fajardo Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (born 17 July 1961 in Aiguá, Maldonado Department) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric. Biography Fajardo was ordained priest on 8 May 1988 by Pope John Paul II during his second visit to Uruguay. He was app ...

, Roman Catholic bishop *

Gustavo Fajardo Gustavo Nelson Fajardo Bustamante (born 22 August 1962) is a Uruguayan Army General who served as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Uruguayan Armed Forces from 2021 to 2022. Born on August 22, 1962, in Aiguá, Maldonado Department, he is the ...

, Chief of the Defence Staff of Uruguay

References

External links

Ciudad de Aiguá
Site of the municipality of Maldonado, Uruguay.
INE map of Aiguá
Populated places in the Maldonado Department Populated places established in 1892 {{maldonado-geo-stub