La Blanqueada
La Blanqueada is a barrio in Uruguay's capital Montevideo. It borders Tres Cruces to the west, Larrañaga to the northwest, Unión to the northeast and Parque Batlle to the south.Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Park Central Stadium and Liceo Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga.
Grand Park Central Stadium
Stadium
The Estadio Gran Parque Central is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters, in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood.
Liceo Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
School
Liceo Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, officially designated Liceo No. 3 of Montevideo, is a public secondary school in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in the La Blanqueada neighbourhood, it is named after Uruguayan priest and botanist Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, one of the founders of the National Library of Uruguay and the University of the Republic.
Catholic University of Uruguay
University
Catholic University of Uruguay is a private university in Uruguay. Established in 1985 as the successor to several Catholic educational institutes dating back to the 1870s, it was the only private university in the country until 1996.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larrañaga and Parque Batlle.
Parque Batlle
Suburb
Parque Batlle, formerly Parque de los Aliados, is a barrio and a major public central park in Uruguay's capital city of Montevideo. It is named in honour of José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay from 1903-1907 and 1911–1915.
Tres Cuces
Suburb
Tres Cruces is a barrio of Uruguay's capital Montevideo. Its name means "three crossings", referring to the three major transportation routes which intersect in the area: Avenida 18 de Julio, Bulevar Artigas and Avenida 8 de Octubre.
La Blanqueada
- Type: Suburb with 9,590 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Municipio Ch, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.8877° or 34° 53′ 16″ south
Longitude
-56.15452° or 56° 9′ 16″ west
Population
9,590
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
48Q54R6W+W5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“La Blanqueada” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “La Blanqueada”
- Dutch: “La Blanqueada”
- French: “La Blanqueada”
- German: “La Blanqueada”
- Spanish: “Barrio La Blanqueada”
- Spanish: “La Blanqueada”
- Urdu: “لا بلانقویاڈا”
- Urdu: “لا بلانکویاڈا”
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