Fray Marcos is a town in the
Florida Department of southern-central
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.
Geography
It is located north of the
Santa Lucía River
The Santa Lucía River ( es, Río Santa Lucía) is a river in Uruguay.
Course
The headwaters of the Santa Lucía River are in the Lavalleja department. For a large part of its course it forms the limit between the departments of Florida and San ...
(the border with
Canelones Department
The Departamento de Canelones ( es, Departamento de Canelones; ) is one of the 19 uruguayan departments. With an area of and 518,154 inhabitants, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.
Geography and climate
Neighbou ...
) and on the junction of
Route 7 with Route 94. It is north of Montevideo and on kilometre 107 of the railroad track Montevideo – Nico Pérez.
History
It was founded in December 1888, and on 23 May 1919, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 6.906.
[ Its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley Nº 12.297.
]
Population
In 2011 Fray Marcos had a population of 2,398.
Places of worship
* Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish Church (Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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)
References
External links
INE map of Fray Marcos
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Populated places in the Florida Department