Departments of Uruguay

Departments Of Uruguay

Uruguay consists of 19 departments:

1. Artigas Department, formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department. The only department to border both Argentina in the west and Brazil in the north and east.
2. Canelones Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816. The original name was Villa de Guadalupe Department.
3. Cerro Largo Department, formed in 1821.
4. Colonia Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816.
5. Durazno Department, formed in 1822. The original name was Entre Ríos Yí y Negro Department.
6. Flores Department, formed in 1885 from part of San José Department.
7. Florida Department, formed in 1856 from part of San José Department.
8. Lavalleja Department, formed in 1837. Was named Minas Department until 1927.
9. Maldonado Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816. The original name was San Fernando de Maldonado Department.
10. Montevideo Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816.
11. Paysandú Department, formed in 1820.
12. Río Negro Department, formed in 1868 from parts of Paysandú Department.
13. Rivera Department, formed in 1884 from part of Tacuarembó Department.
14. Rocha Department, formed in 1880 from part of Maldonado Department.
15. Salto Department, formed in 1837.
16. San José Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816.
17. Soriano Department, one of the original 6 departments created in 1816. The original name was Santo Domingo Soriano Department.
18. Tacuarembó Department, formed in 1837; geographically the largest of the Uruguayan Departments.
19. Treinta y Tres Department, formed in 1884 from parts of Cerro Largo Department and Lavalleja Department. The department is named after the "Thirty Three" 19th century patriots and heroes of the Independence.