Joaquín Suárez is a village in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. (Suárez is also the name of the municipality to which the village belongs.) It is at the intersection of Routes 84 and 74, northeast of Toledo and southwest of Pando. Sauce is about to the north. The villages are all considered parts of the wider metropolitan area of Montevideo.
History Joaquín Suárez is named after the president of Uruguay from 1843–1852. The creation of a villa (town) in the area was approved by decree on 21 July 1866; it was founded on 15 October 1882 by Francisco Piria. It was declared a pueblo (village) on 2 October 1929 by the Act of Ley Nº 8.482.
Places of worship Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Roman Catholic, Dominican Sisters of the Presentation)
Population In 2011 Joaquín Suárez had a population of 6,570.
Year Population 1908 1,425 1963 2,357 1975 3,458 1985 4,175 1996 5,173 2004 6,214 2011 6,570 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
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INE map of Villa Crespo y San Andrés, Toledo, Fracc.Camino del Andaluz y R.84, Joaquín Suárez, Fracc.sobre Ruta 74, Villa San José, Villa San Felipe, Villa Hadita, Seis Hermanos and Villa Porvenir