Cordón
Cordón is a central barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Part of the city's central business district, alongside Centro and Ciudad Vieja, the 18 de Julio Avenue that runs through the area is home to commercial spaces, office buildings, entertainment venues, and educational centers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 44,200 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Also known as: “Cordon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay and Mercosur.
Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay
Library
Photo: Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay is the National Library of Uruguay, located in Montevideo. It was created in 1815 and is the legal deposit and copyright library for Uruguay.
Mercosur
Government office
Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Southern Common Market is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December 2016. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Suriname are associate countries.
National Library Building
Public building
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National Library Building is a public building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palermo and Parque Rodó.
Palermo
Suburb
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Palermo is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Barrio Sur to the west, Cordón to the north and Parque Rodó to the east, while to the south it borders the coastline.
Parque Rodó
Suburb
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Parque Rodó is both a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay and a park which lies mostly outside the limits of the barrio itself and belongs to Punta Carretas.
Centro
Suburb
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Centro is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Being the city's downtown area, it forms part of its central business district, along with the neighboring areas of Cordón and Ciudad Vieja.
Cordón
- Categories: barrio and locality
- Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.90352° or 34° 54′ 13″ southLongitude
-56.17793° or 56° 10′ 41″ westPopulation
44,200Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
48Q53RWC+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 953469126OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3443936Wikidata ID
Q1005742
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Cordón” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cordón”. Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.