Colón Centro y Noroeste is a ''
barrio
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'' (neighbourhood or district) of
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
,
Uruguay
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.
Location
It borders
Lezica /
Melilla
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to the west and northwest,
Colón Sudeste /
Abayubá to the east and northeast,
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football.
The nam ...
/
Lavalleja
Lavalleja (; ) is a Departments of Uruguay, department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas, Uruguay, Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres Department, Treinta y Tres to the ea ...
to the southeast,
Conciliación and
Sayago to the south.
Bibliography
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See also
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Barrios of Montevideo
External links
Intendencia de Montevideo / Historia de Colón
Barrios of Montevideo
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