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The Uruguayan departments are subdivided into municipalities and, "as of 2023," there are 127 municipalities. This second level administrative division system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009 and the first municipalities were created (or converted from Local Boards in the previous system) in March 2010. In the municipal elections of 2010 municipal authorities were elected for the "first time and they assumed office months later."

Each municipality is: governed by a local council, made up of 5 members. The chairperson of the local council is known as alcalde (mayor) and the remaining members are the councilors.

The Montevideo, Canelones and Maldonado departments are completely covered by municipalities, while the other departments have areas not included in any municipality.

Description※

Establishment of the system and creation of municipalities※

The municipalities' system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009. The current system is ruled by Law No. 19272 of 18 September 2014. This regulation provided that in settlements with more than 2,000 inhabitants a municipality was to be created including their surrounding territories, as long as it consisted in a social and cultural unit with their own common interests, that justified the creation of this kind of political entity. Settlements with less than 2,000 inhabitants were allowed to establish a municipality if the Departmental Board voted for it after the Intendant proposal. Or by popular initiative of at least the 15% of voters in the settlement. Municipalities in departmental seats were only allowed to be created by Departmental Boards after the Intendant's proposal.

Election of authorities and government※

The municipalities are governed by a local council made up by five members, whose chairperson is known as alcalde (mayor) and the other four members are known as concejales (councilors). They are elected by direct vote each municipal elections, at the same time the departmental authorities are elected.

List of municipalities by department※

Artigas※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Baltasar Brum	2,608	754.0 km	Juan Marticorena (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Bella Unión	12,406	547.0 km	William Cresseri (PN)	15 March 2010
3	Tomás Gomensoro	2,902	804.5 km	Federico Arbiza (PN)	15 March 2010

Canelones※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	18 de Mayo	21,371	11.0 km	Adriana Sánchez (FA)	20 March 2013
2	Aguas Corrientes	1,728	51.5 km	Marcelo Delgado (FA)	15 March 2010
3	Atlántida	10,198	108.1 km	Gustavo González (FA)	15 March 2010
4	Barros Blancos	29,865	22.8 km	Julián Rocha (FA)	15 March 2010
5	Canelones	27,406	230.8 km	Darío Pimienta (FA)	15 March 2010
6	Ciudad de la Costa	91,284	61.1 km	Sonia Misirian (FA)	15 March 2010
7	Colonia Nicolich	14,788	26.0 km	Líber Moreno (FA)	15 March 2010
8	Empalme Olmos	6,630	152.5 km	Jorge Álvarez (FA)	15 March 2010
9	La Floresta	8,353	59.1 km	Néstor Erramouspe (FA)	15 March 2010
10	La Paz	20,194	32.9 km	Bruno Fernández (FA)	15 March 2010
11	Las Piedras	62,238	53.9 km	Gustavo González (FA)	15 March 2010
12	Los Cerrillos	7,713	261.4 km	Néstor Roncio (FA)	15 March 2010
13	Migues	3,802	363.3 km	Nahuel Jorge (PN)	15 March 2010
14	Montes	1,842	55.5 km	Rodolfo Salvarrey (PN)	15 March 2010
15	Pando	32,927	114.9 km	Alcides Pérez (FA)	15 March 2010
16	Parque del Plata	11,054	12.8 km	Tania Vecchio (FA)	15 March 2010
17	Paso Carrasco	20,842	20.7 km	Verónica Veiga (FA)	15 March 2010
18	Progreso	14,292	78.5 km	Claudio Duarte (FA)	15 March 2010
19	Salinas	23,447	83.7 km	Óscar Montero (FA)	15 March 2010
20	San Antonio	3,283	168.6 km	Damaso Pani (PN)	15 March 2010
21	San Bautista	3,684	196.5 km	Roberto Siriani (PN)	15 March 2010
22	San Jacinto	6,691	274.9 km	Cristian Ferraro (PN)	15 March 2010
23	San Ramón	8,087	249.3 km	Gonzalo Melogno (PN)	15 March 2010
24	Santa Lucía	18,524	252.2 km	Leonardo Mollo (FA)	15 March 2010
25	Santa Rosa	6,751	192.5 km	Ramiro Azor (FA)	15 March 2010
26	Sauce	13,019	295.9 km	Juan Ottonello (PN)	15 March 2010
27	Soca	3,959	493.1 km	Roberto Rodríguez (PN)	15 March 2010
28	Suárez	18,153	44.0 km	Carlos Nalerio (FA)	15 March 2010
29	Tala	9,308	522.1 km	Leonardo Pérez (PN)	15 March 2010
30	Toledo	18,740	30.3 km	José Gini (FA)	15 March 2010

Cerro Largo※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Aceguá	1,686	825.9 km	Javier Rodríguez (PN)	22 March 2013
2	Arbolito	263	604.5 km	Luis Seguí (PN)	22 March 2013
3	Arévalo	572	396.5 km	José Eduardo Lucas (PN)	22 March 2013
4	Bañado de Medina	1,583	451.3 km	Daniel Cegade (PN)	25 October 2018
5	Centurión	242	648.1 km	Juan Nery dos Santos (PN)	25 October 2018
6	Cerro de las Cuentas	496	817.3 km	Humberto Allende (PN)	25 October 2018
7	Fraile Muerto	3,450	407.1 km	Pablo Nauar (PN)	15 March 2010
8	Isidoro Noblía	2,808	665.2 km	Favio Freire (PN)	22 March 2013
9	Las Cañas	242	648.2 km	Víctor Noda (PN)	25 October 2018
10	Plácido Rosas	602	524.8 km	Eduardo Fernández (PN)	22 March 2013
11	Quebracho	497	701.2 km	Héctor Ortiz (PN)	25 October 2018
12	Ramón Trigo	368	1,270.5 km	Durmen Menchaca (PN)	22 March 2013
13	Río Branco	16,270	933.2 km	Christian Morel (PN)	15 March 2010
14	Tres Islas	301	445.7 km	Carlos González (PN)	25 October 2018
15	Tupambaé	1,269	1,110.1 km	Macarena Da Rosa (PN)	22 March 2013

Colonia※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Carmelo	19,606	390.2 km	Alicia Espíndola (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Colonia Valdense	4,535	147.4 km	Andrés Malan (PN)	22 March 2013
3	Florencio Sánchez	4,040	295.6 km	Alfredo Sánchez (PN)	22 March 2013
4	Juan L. Lacaze	13,635	107.3 km	Arturo Bentancor (FA)	15 March 2010
5	La Paz	1,005	62 km	Walter Eduardo Miranda	26 October 2018
6	Miguelete	1,814	720 km	María Elena Martin (PN)	26 October 2018
7	Nueva Helvecia	11,224	95.1 km	Marcelo Alonso (PN)	15 March 2010
8	Nueva Palmira	10,063	126.8 km	Agustín Callero (PN)	15 March 2010
9	Ombúes de Lavalle	3,936	397.8 km	Marcelo Castro (PN)	22 March 2013
10	Rosario	11,161	230.2 km	Pablo Maciel (PN)	15 March 2010
11	Tarariras	7,788	484.4 km	Dany Pérez (PN)	15 March 2010

Durazno※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
	Sarandí del Yí	7,389	6,562 km	Carlos Luberriga (PN)	15 March 2010
	Villa del Carmen	2,891	479.2 km	Fernando Rodríguez (PN)	15 March 2010

Flores※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
	Ismael Cortinas	914	0.95 km	Agustín Musa (PN)	15 March 2010

Florida※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Casupá	2,228	94.7 km	Luis Oliva Monfort (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Fray Marcos	3,432	279.4 km	Stella Tucuna (PN)	15 March 2013
3	Sarandí Grande	6,509	211.5 km	Cayetano Stopingi (PN)	15 March 2010

Lavalleja※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	José Batlle y Ordóñez	2,283	784.1 km	Pablo Patiño (PN)	27 March 2015
2	José Pedro Varela	5,398	851.8 km	Martín Rezk (PN)	15 March 2010
3	Mariscala	1,830	634 km	Francisco de la Peña (PN)	24 October 2018
4	Solís de Mataojo	2,924	101.6 km	Verónica Machado (PN)	15 March 2010

Maldonado※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Aiguá	3,165	1,365.0 km	Ernesto San Román (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Garzón	1,020	623.2 km	Nazareno Lazo (PN)	15 March 2010
3	Maldonado	90,593	189.7 km	Andrés Rapetti (PN)	15 March 2010
4	Pan de Azúcar	8,025	606.4 km	Alejandro Echavarria (PN)	15 March 2010
5	Piriápolis	14,461	135.9 km	René Graña (PN)	15 March 2010
6	Punta del Este	11,128	21.8 km	Javier Carballal (PN)	15 March 2010
7	San Carlos	33,293	1,651.0 km	Carlos Pereyra (PN)	15 March 2010
8	Solís Grande	2,613	204.9 km	Patricia Martínez (PN)	15 March 2010

Montevideo※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Municipality A	207,911	144.2 km	Jorge Meroni (FA)	15 March 2010
2	Municipality B	147,577	11.8 km	Silvana Pissano (FA)	15 March 2010
3	Municipality C	148,952	17.6 km	Jorge Cabrera (FA)	15 March 2010
4	Municipality CH	159,528	12.1 km	Matilde Antía (PN)	15 March 2010
5	Municipality D	181,153	86.5 km	Gabriel Velazco (FA)	15 March 2010
6	Municipality E	153,395	27.5 km	Mercedes Ruiz (PN)	15 March 2010
7	Municipality F	168,937	85.0 km	Juan López (PN)	15 March 2010
8	Municipality G	151,302	142.7 km	Leticia de Torres (FA)	15 March 2010

Paysandú※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Chapicuy	1,382	1,043.6 km	Milton Laurencena (PN)	21 March 2013
2	Guichón	6,860	1,670.1 km	Martín Álvarez (PN)	15 March 2010
3	Lorenzo Geyres	1,704	938.7 km	Graciela Barrutte (PN)	21 March 2013
4	Piedras Coloradas	1,956	1,192.7 km	Jhonn Cáceres (PN)	21 March 2013
5	Porvenir	4,178	954.5 km	Ramiro Ayende (PN)	15 March 2010
6	Quebracho	3,671	1,088.4 km	Silbia Visoso (PN)	15 March 2010
7	Tambores	1,475	2,388.0 km	Ricardo Soares (PN)	21 March 2013

Río Negro※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Nuevo Berlín	2,604	498.7 km	Hernán Godoy (PN)	15 March 2010
2	San Javier	2,830	817.8 km	Washington Laco (PN)	22 March 2013
3	Young	17,550	1,039.8 km	Inés Long (PN)	15 March 2010

Rivera※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Minas de Corrales	3,985	381.7 km	José González (PC)	15 March 2010
2	Tranqueras	8,190	976.6 km	Luciano Viera (PC)	15 March 2010
3	Vichadero	4,048	510.5 km	Luis Alberto Coutinho (PN)	15 March 2010

Rocha※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Castillos	9,651	2,152.6 km	Juan Manuel Olivera (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Chuy	9,758	92.8 km	Eduardo Calabuig (PN)	15 March 2010
3	La Paloma	5,516	247.7 km	Sergio Muniz (FA)	15 March 2010
4	Lascano	7,922	745.5 km	Víctor Larrosa (PN)	15 March 2010

Salto※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Belén	2,269	164.7 km	Luis Zuliani (FA)	15 March 2010
2	Colonia Lavalleja	2,478	1,472.6 km	Antonio Tejeira (PN)	15 March 2010
3	Mataojo	1,028	2,241.5 km	Rosita Moreno (FA)	15 March 2010
4	San Antonio	3,865	430.8 km	Sandra Toncobitz (PC)	15 March 2010
5	Rincón de Valentín	1,203	872.8 km	Santiago Dalmao (FA)	15 March 2010
6	Villa Constitución	3,896	1,537.8 km	Carlos Souto (FA)	15 March 2010

San José※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Ciudad del Plata	32,154	125.8 km	Marianita Fonseca (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Ecilda Paullier	5,025	694.7 km	Leonardo Giménez (PN)	22 March 2013
3	Libertad	14,326	441.9 km	Matías Santos (PN)	15 March 2010
4	Rodríguez	4,849	1,167.3 km	Norberto Zunino (PN)	22 March 2013

Soriano※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Cardona	5,029	356.1 km	Ruben Valentín (PN)	15 March 2010
2	Dolores	19,577	413.7 km	Juan Oronoz (PN)	15 March 2010
3	José Enrique Rodó	3,077	396.3 km	Washington Loitey (PN)	27 March 2015
4	Palmitas	2,304	178.7 km	Juan Vincon (PN)	27 March 2015

Tacuarembó※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Ansina	3,289	792.2 km	Ana Isabel Camejo (PN)	27 March 2015
2	Paso de los Toros	13,232	560.3 km	Luis Irigoin (PN)	15 March 2010
3	San Gregorio de Polanco	3,722	444.7 km	Asdrúbal Rodríguez (PN)	15 March 2010

Treinta y Tres※

#	Municipality	Population	Area	Major	Foundation
1	Cerro Chato	1,407	km	Elías Javier Fuentes (PN)	22 December 2017
2	Enrique Martínez	1,246	km	Nidia Vera (PN)	22 December 2017
3	Rincón	1,767	km	Eduardo Gonzales (PN)	22 December 2017
4	Santa Clara de Olimar	2,485	482.4 km	Pablo Echevarría (PN)	15 March 2010
5	Vergara	4,064	622.5 km	José González (PN)	15 March 2010
6	Villa Sara	1,724	534 km	Analía Larrañaga (PN)	22 December 2017

References※

External links※

• Ley Nº 18.644 del 12 de febrero de 2010
• Ley Nº 18.653 del 15 de marzo de 2010
• Listado y ubicación de los Municipios en Uruguay - Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto
• Alcaldes y alcaldesas asumen en los 125 Municipios de Uruguay - Elecciones 2020
• Mapa de los municipios de Montevideo
• El Observador: Recorrido por las alcaldías del Departamento de Montevideo
• Corte Electoral- Resultados de las elecciones generales-locales 2010