Cardona is a city in the

Soriano Department Soriano () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Mercedes. It is located on the west of the country, south of Río Negro Department, north of Colonia Department and west of Flores Department. Its western border is the Río Uruguay, separa ...

, in southwestern

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. The main square of the city is Plaza Artigas, featuring a monument to General Artigas.

Geography

The city is located on the border with

Colonia Department Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city. Weather Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...

and it forms a unified population centre together with

Florencio Sánchez Florencio Sánchez (January 17, 1875 – November 7, 1910) was a Uruguayan playwright, journalist and political figure. He is considered one of the founding fathers of theater in the River Plate region of Argentina and Uruguay. Biography Fl ...

, which is across the border and belongs to

. Bulevard Cardona - Florencio Sanchez, which runs parallel to the railroad tracks, separates the two parts.

History

Cardona was founded on 17 October 1903. On 18 April 1910, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 3.607. At the time the area it was in was called "La Lata del Perdido" and the village had previously been the head of the judicial section of "Perdido". On 12 June 1953, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley N° 11.946, and on 15 October 1963, it was further elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N° 13.167.

Population

In 2011, Cardona had a population of 4,600. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Places of worship

* Parish Church of Our Lady of Luján and St. Elizabeth (

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)

Government

The city mayor as of July 2010 is Raúl Bertinat.

Twin towns

* Cardona,

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References

External links

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INE map of Cardona and Florencio Sánchez (Colonia)
Populated places in the Soriano Department Populated places established in 1903 1903 establishments in Uruguay {{Soriano-geo-stub