Uruguay / Uruguay

Administrative hierarchy of Uruguay: 19 departments, 652 localitys. With coordinates (lat/lon) and bilingual names at every level.

19
Department (Departamento)
652
Locality (Localidad)
671
Total Records
Coordinates
lat/lon at every level
Bilingual
Local script + English
JSON API
/api/v1/countries/uy.json
Postal Codes
Included

Hierarchy

19 Department → 652 Locality

Departamento / Department

Name (Local) Name (EN) ID Coordinates Children
Artigas Artigas UY01 -30.572, -56.768 24
Canelones Canelones UY02 -34.527, -55.943 136
Cerro Largo Cerro Largo UY03 -32.39, -54.371 30
Colonia Colonia UY04 -34.122, -57.686 56
Durazno Durazno UY05 -33.035, -56.025 18
Flores Flores UY06 -33.567, -56.851 6
Florida Florida UY07 -33.792, -55.926 30
Lavalleja Lavalleja UY08 -33.856, -54.84 20
Maldonado Maldonado UY09 -34.44, -54.806 55
Montevideo Montevideo UY10 -34.834, -56.217 1
Paysandú Paysandu UY11 -32.121, -57.327 41
Río Negro Rio Negro UY12 -32.755, -57.496 20
Rivera Rivera UY13 -31.479, -55.219 19
Rocha Rocha UY14 -33.851, -54.116 39
Salto Salto UY15 -31.333, -57.027 40
San José San Jose UY16 -34.285, -56.68 32
Soriano Soriano UY17 -33.537, -57.687 24
Tacuarembó Tacuarembo UY18 -32.057, -55.691 31
Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres UY19 -33.092, -54.184 30

Data Access

GET /api/v1/countries/uy.json

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GitHub Repository

Full dataset with browsable hierarchy, aggregate files, and AI-friendly exports:

open-admin-data/uruguay-administrative-divisions

Source

INE Uruguay (Census 2023) + IDE Uruguay + geoBoundaries
https://www.ine.gub.uy
License: Open Data