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Mercado Modelo is a central municipal fruit and vegetable wholesale market in of
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. The area around the installations, which occupy several blocks of the Mercado Modelo– Bolívar ''
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'', has also taken on the name of the market, hence the composite name of the entire barrio. The central building has an area of , to which more buildings were added in 1996 of an area of , while the overall area of the market is . In March 2009, the then mayor of Montevideo, Ricardo Ehrlich, announced that the market would be moved to the west of Montevideo.


The barrio

As a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of
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, Mercado Modelo is part of the Mercado Modelo–Bolívar composite barrio. It shares borders with Bolívar to the northwest,
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to the north,
Villa Española Villa Española is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo. Location This barrio shares borders with Mercado Modelo to the west, Pérez Castellanos to the northwest, Ituzaingó to the north, Flor de Maroñas to the northeast, Mar ...
to the east, Unión to the southeast and Larrañaga to the southwest. The barrio is home to the market of the same name, as well as to several big cold storage units, such as the Frigorifico Modelo and the Frigorifico Uruguayo.


Educational facilities

* Colegio y Liceo Corazón de María (private,
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Places of worship

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See also

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Barrios of Montevideo The city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is divided into 62 ''barrios'' (neighborhoods or districts), each with its own identity, demographic characteristics and activities appropriate to the socio-cultural level of its inhabitants. The outer ...


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External links


Info site for Mercado Modelo
(Spanish)
Mercado Modelo info
(Spanish) Economy of Uruguay Barrios of Montevideo {{Uruguay-struct-stub