La Pedrera
La Pedrera is a hamlet and southern suburb of Rivera in the Rivera Department of northeastern Uruguay. It is a peripheral area to the city of Rivera and, together with Mandubí, they form a southern extension of the city.- Type: Neighborhood with 3,360 residents
- Description: peripheral neighbourhood of Rivera, Uruguay
- Also known as: “La Pedrera, Rivera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera and Rivera HVDC Back-to-back station.
Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera
Stadium
Photo: CITY MVD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera is a multi-use stadium in Rivera, Uruguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 27,135 people. Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera is situated 3 km north of La Pedrera.
Rivera HVDC Back-to-back station
Electrical substation
Rivera HVDC Back-to-back station is the first HVDC Back-to-back station situated south of Rivera, Uruguay at. It was built by Areva and inaugurated in 2000.
Estación Rivera
Railway station
Photo: Lucho Leivas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estación Rivera is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km north of La Pedrera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mandubí and Santa Teresa.
Mandubí
Neighborhood
Mandubí is a southern suburb of the city of Rivera in the Rivera Department of northeastern Uruguay.
Santa Teresa
Neighborhood
Santa Teresa is a suburb of Rivera, the capital city of the Rivera Department of northeastern Uruguay. Santa Teresa is situated 3 km northwest of La Pedrera.
Rivera
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Rivera is a city in the northern interior of Uruguay. It's the capital of Rivera Department, located on the border with Brazil, right across from the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento.
La Pedrera
- Category: locality
- Location: Rivera Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-30.93383° or 30° 56′ 2″ southLongitude
-55.5454° or 55° 32′ 43″ westPopulation
3,360Open location code
48X63F83+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 1326655074OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q961792
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“La Pedrera” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “La Pedrera”
- Dutch: “La Pedrera, Rivera”
- French: “La Pedrera”
- German: “La Pedrera”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Pedrera”
- Norwegian: “La Pedrera”
- Portuguese: “La Pedrera”
- Spanish: “La Pedrera”
- Urdu: “لا پیڈریرا، ریویرا”
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