Unión is a ''

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'' of

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Location

Unión shares borders with

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and

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to the northwest, Maroñas to the northeast, Malvín Norte to the east, Buceo and Parque Batlle to the south and La Blanqueada and Larrañaga to the southwest.

History

Unión's history started in 1845, during General Oribe's siege of Montevideo, which at the time was little more than the actual

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Educational facilities

* Colegio y Liceo Santa Luisa de Marillac (private, established 1919 by the Vicentian Sisters, lay since 1993)Colegio y Liceo Santa Luisa de Marillac

Places of worship

* Sanctuary of the Miraculous Medal and St. Augustine, popularly known as "Iglesia de la Unión" (

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) * Parish Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Cajetan (Roman Catholic) * Parish Church of St. Joseph the Worker (Roman Catholic)

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