Aguada
Aguada is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its name indicates water flow and originates from the springs and well it used to have which supplied the original city and the boats with drinking water.Photo: Shant, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 19,000 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Also known as: “Aguada, Montevideo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Instituto de Profesores Artigas and Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
Instituto de Profesores Artigas
College
Photo: Dulcinea dulcinea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Artigas Institute for Teacher Education is a public higher education institution in Montevideo, Uruguay, that specializes in the training of secondary school teachers.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Church
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel, popularly known as Iglesia de la Aguada, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.
General Artigas railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General Artigas railway station is the former main railway station in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in barrio Aguada, it was designed by the Italian engineer and architect Luigi Andreoni, it was opened to the public on 15 July 1897 and was closed on 1 March 2003, being replaced by a station 500 metres to the north.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montevideo and Centro.
Montevideo
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.
Centro
Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Aguada
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.89668° or 34° 53′ 48″ southLongitude
-56.18937° or 56° 11′ 22″ westPopulation
19,000Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
48Q54R36+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 953469127OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10097999Wikidata ID
Q984427
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Aguada” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “La Aguada”
- German: “Aguada”
- German: “La Aguada”
- Japanese: “アグアダ”
- Persian: “اگوادا، مانتویدیو”
- Persian: “اگوادا، مونتهویدئو”
- Spanish: “Aguada”
- Spanish: “Barrio La Aguada”
- Spanish: “La Aguada”
- Urdu: “اگوادا، مونت ویدیو”
- “La Aguada”
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