Santa Lucía () is a city in the

Canelones Department The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...

of southern

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. Santa Lucía is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs.

Geography

The city is located on the intersection of Route 11 with Route 63, about northwest of the centre of

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. The river

Río Santa Lucía Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Flo ...

, after which the city is named, flows along the northwestern limits of the city.

History

Santa Lucía was founded in 1782 with the name of ''Villa San Juan Bautista''. It had acquired the status of "Villa" (town) before the Independence of Uruguay. On 15 June 1925, its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 7.837.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Santa Lucía had a population of 16,742. In 2010, the ''Intendencia de Canelones'' estimated a population of 18,346 for the municipality during the elections. MunCanStaLuc

Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

Places of worship

* Church of St. John the Baptist (

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)

Government

The city mayor as of July 2010 is Raúl Estramín.

Notable people

* José Cancela (1976), football player. * Ángelo Paleso (1983), football player. *

Clemente Estable Clemente Estable (23 May 1894 – 27 October 1976) was a Uruguayan biologist, researcher, and professor, best known for his work in cellular biology and neurobiology research. In collaboration with Eduardo De Robertis and Magdalena Reissig, ...

(1894–1976), writer.Clemente Estable's biography at espaciolatino.com
* Confusión Masiva (2021-active) Band of thrash metal formed by Luca González Somma on bass, Caio Crespo on drums, Agustín Trasante on vocals and Guillermo Morales on guitar. It's characterized by fast and violent music and by its lyrics that seek to highlight the massive confusion in which we live every day. Link EP debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaFfttKiLU&ab_channel=Confusi%C3%B3nMasiva *

Walter Santoro Walter Santoro Baratçabal (April 29, 1922 – April 29, 2011) was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician who served as the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (Uruguay), Minister of Labour and Social Security of his nation from 1963 to 1964. He al ...

(1922–2011), politician. *

Eugenio Figueredo Eugenio Hermes Figueredo Aguerre (born 10 March 1932 in Santa Lucía, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan and American association football executive and former footballer. In May 2015, he was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee. Biography As a footballer, ...

(1932), President of CONMEBOL

References

External links

Guide of Santa Lucía

INE map of Santa Lucia
Populated places in the Canelones Department Populated places established in 1782 1782 establishments in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata {{Canelones-geo-stub