Toledo is a small town in the 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:...

 of 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 Km. 22 of Route 7

Route 7 (Uruguay)

Route 7 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name General Aparicio Saravia, a national hero of Uruguay. It connects Montevideo with Melo in the northeast...

 and on its intersection with Route 85. The stream Arroyo Toledo flows along the west and the south limits of the town.

Together with Villa Crespo y San Andrés

Villa Crespo y San Andrés

Villa Crespo y San Andrés is a small town or populated centre in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. It is located on Km. 22 of Route 6 and on Route 33, bordering Toledo to the east, together with which they form a population centre of about 13,800...

, they form a population centre of about 13,800, which is generally known as "Toledo", although the censal area of Toledo itself has only about 4,000 inhabitants. They are both part of the wider metropitan area 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...

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Population

In 2004, Toledo had a population of 4,028.

Year	Population
1963	1,703
1975	3,065
1985	3,321
1996	3,487
2004	4,028

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• Map of Toledo (PDF; 241 kB)