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La Coronilla is a village in the
Rocha Department Rocha () is a department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, while to its northeast Laguna Merín f ...
of southeastern
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.


Location

The village is located on the Atlantic coast on Route 9, about south of
Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by th ...
and the border with
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. Across Route 9, as a western extension of the village is the hamlet Capacho and as a northern extension the neighbourhood Barrio Pereira. Together they form a populated centre of 1,153 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census.


History

On 13 November 1951, the populated nucleus previously named "Las Maravillas" was renamed and its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 11.763.


Population

In 2011 La Coronilla had a population of 510. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay'' According to the 2011 census, Capacho had a population of 457 and Barrio Pereira of 186.


References


External links


INE map of Capacho, Barrio Pereira and La CoronillaArticle on La Coronilla, Official Portal of the Uruguayan Government
Populated places in the Rocha Department Seaside resorts in Uruguay {{Rocha-geo-stub