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Miguelete Colonia Miguelete
Village
MigueleteLocation in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°0′0″S 57°39′0″W / 34.00000°S 57.65000°W / -34.00000; -57.65000
Country	Uruguay
Department	Colonia Department
Founded	1909
Population
• Total	999
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	70005
Dial plan	+598 4575 (+4 digits)

Miguelete or Colonia Miguelete is a village in the Colonia Department of southwestern Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Route 106, a small distance south of its intersection with Route 54, about 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-northeast of the department capital Colonia del Sacramento.

History

Miguelete was founded on 27 March 1909. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) category on 8 November 1942 por Ley No. 10.113.

There is a nearby creek of the same name.

Population

In 2011 Miguelete had a population of 999.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

Famous people

• Santiago Urrutia, race driver

References

1. "LEY N° 10.113". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1942. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
2. "Censos 2011 Colonia (needs flash plugin)". ΙΝΕ. 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
3. "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

External links

• INE map of Miguelete

v t e Colonia Department of Uruguay
Capital: Colonia del Sacramento
Towns and villages	Arrivillaga Barker Carmelo Colonia del Sacramento Colonia Valdense Conchillas El Semillero Florencio Sánchez Fomento Horqueta Juan Lacaze La Paz Los Pinos Miguelete Nueva Helvecia Nueva Palmira Ombúes de Lavalle Rosario Tarariras Zagarzazú
Sights	Plaza de toros Real de San Carlos Punta Gorda

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