South America
Uruguay

Montevideo Department

Montevideo is a department of . It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of , which is also the national capital.
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  • Type: State with 1,300,000 residents
  • Description: department of Uruguay
  • Also known as: “Department of Montevideo”, “Montevideo”, and “MVD”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Park Central Stadium and Mercosur.

Stadium
Photo: Tinchocndef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Estadio Gran Parque Central is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football located in , , near Nacional headquarters, in the neighbourhood.

Government office
Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Southern Common Market is a trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are , , , , and . is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December 2016. , , , , , , and are associate countries.

Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a monumental building, meeting place of the General Assembly of Uruguay, and the seat of the legislative branch of the Uruguayan government.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montevideo and Pocitos.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
is the capital city of , on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby , is the cultural and political center of the country.

Suburb
Photo: Shant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is an upscale seaside barrio of Montevideo, . It borders to the east, to the north, , and to the west and to the south.

Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a central barrio of , . Part of the city's central business district, alongside and , the that runs through the area is home to commercial spaces, office buildings, entertainment venues, and educational centers.

Montevideo Department

Latitude
-34.8653° or 34° 51′ 55″ south
Longitude
-56.182° or 56° 10′ 55″ west
Population
1,300,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
48Q54RM9+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313943109
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3441572
Wiki­data ID
Q16594
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Satellite Map

Discover Montevideo Department from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Montevideo Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة مونتفيدو”
  • Arabic: “إدارة مونتيفيديو”
  • Armenian: “Մոնտեվիդեո”
  • Asturian: “Departamentu de Montevidéu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Montevideo departamenti”
  • Basque: “Montevideo departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Мантэвідэа”
  • Belarusian: “Мантэвідэо (дэпартамэнт)”
  • Belarusian: “Мантэвідэо”
  • Bengali: “মন্টেভিডিও বিভাগ”
  • Bulgarian: “Монтевидео”
  • Catalan: “departament de Montevideo”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Montevideo”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Montevideo”
  • Chavacano: “Montevideo”
  • Chinese: “Montevideo Séng”
  • Chinese: “蒙得維的亞省”
  • Chinese: “蒙得维的亚省”
  • Croatian: “Montevideo”
  • Danish: “Montevideo”
  • Dutch: “Montevideo”
  • Esperanto: “departemento Montevideo”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Montevideo”
  • Finnish: “Montevideo”
  • French: “Montevideo”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Montevideo”
  • Georgian: “მონტევიდეოს დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Montevideo”
  • German: “Montevideo”
  • Greek: “Μοντεβιδέο”
  • Gujarati: “મોન્ટેવિડીયો વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “מונטווידאו”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מונטווידאו”
  • Hindi: “मोंटेवीडियो विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “Montevideo megye”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Montevideo”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Montevideo”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Montevideo”
  • Japanese: “モンテビデオ県”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಂಟೆವಿಡಿಯೊ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “몬테비데오주”
  • Latvian: “Montevideo departaments”
  • Lezghian: “Монтевидео”
  • Lithuanian: “Montevidėjo departamentas”
  • Malay: “Montevideo Department”
  • Marathi: “मॉंटविडीओ विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Montevideo Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Montevideo”
  • Northern Sami: “Montevideo (departemeanta)”
  • Northern Sami: “Montevideo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montevideo”
  • Norwegian: “Montevideo”
  • Persian: “ایالت مونته‌ویدئو”
  • Polish: “Montevideo”
  • Portuguese: “Department de Montevidéu”
  • Portuguese: “Montevidéu”
  • Quechua: “Montevideo suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Montevideo”
  • Russian: “Монтевидео”
  • Scots: “Montevideo Depairtment”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montevideo (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Montevideo”
  • Sinhala: “මොන්ටෙවිඩියෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Sinhala: “මොන්ටෙවීඩියෝ ප්‍රජා කොට්ඨාශය, උරුගුවේ”
  • Slovak: “Montevideo”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Montevideo”
  • Spanish: “Montevideo”
  • Swedish: “Montevideo”
  • Tamil: “மான்டேவீடியோ துறை”
  • Telugu: “మాంటివీడియో డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “మాంటివీడియో విభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดมอนเตวิเดโอ”
  • Turkish: “Montevideo Departmanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтевідео”
  • Urdu: “مونتیبیدیو ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “مونتیبیدیو محکمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Montevideo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Montevideo”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙得维的亚省”

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