San Ramón is a small city in the north of Canelones Department

Canelones Department

The Canelones Department , with an area of and 485,240 inhabitants, is located to the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.-Geography and climate:...

, in southern Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located on Route 6

Route 6 (Uruguay)

Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil...

, about 79 kilometres (49.1 mi) north of the centre of Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

 and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) south of the village Chamizo

Chamizo

Chamizo is a small town in the Florida Department of central Uruguay. It is located on the intersection of Route 6 with Route 94, about from the centre of Montevideo. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" category on 21 November 1931 by decree Ley No...

 of Florida Department

Florida Department

Florida is a department of Uruguay. Its capital of is Florida.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1...

. The town Tala

Tala, Uruguay

Tala is a small city in the north of the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. It is located on the intersction of Route 7 with Route 12, about north of San Jacinto, east of San Ramón and south of Fray Marcos of the Florida Department. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 28 April...

 lies 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the east-southeast. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 26 June 1953 by decree Ley No. 11.952.

Population

In 2004, San Ramón had a population of 6,992.

Year	Population
1963	5,693
1975	6,594
1985	7,001
1996	6,828
2004	6,992

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

Geography

San Ramón is situated on the south bank of Santa Lucía River

Santa Lucía River

-Course:The headwaters of the Santa Lucía River are in the Lavalleja department. For a large part of its course it forms the limit between the departments of Florida and San José on one bank and Canelones and Montevideo on the other...

 and south of the Cuchilla del Chamizo. It, while the Arroyo Pilatos and the lie to the north. Near San Ramón is the border with the Florida Department

Florida Department

Florida is a department of Uruguay. Its capital of is Florida.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1...

.

Infrastructure

Routes 6

Route 6 (Uruguay)

Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil...

, 12, and 63 lead to San Ramón. Also the railroad track Montevideo - Melo / Río Branco

Río Branco, Uruguay

Río Branco is a city in the Cerro Largo Department of northeastern Uruguay. It is located on the border with Brazil, at the east end of Route 26, about east-southeast of the department capital city of Melo...

(to Brazil) passes through the city.

External links

• Map of San Ramón (PDF; 156 kB)