The Municipality of Maldonado is one of the eight municipalities of Maldonado Department, Uruguay. It was created by Law N° 18653 of 15 March 2010.
Location The municipality is located at the south area of the department, and it has a total area of 192 km² (a 4.01% of the department area) and a population of around 105000 inhabitants (55.12% of the department population).
Limits According to the Decree of the Departmental Board of Maldonado N° 3862 of 11 February 2010, the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality was established as follows:
Settlements The following populated places are part of this municipality: Abra de Perdomo Barrio Hipódromo Canteras de Marelli Cerro Pelado Chihuahua Laguna del Diario Laguna del Sauce Las Cumbres Los Ceibos Los Corchos Maldonado Pinares-Las Delicias Portezuelo Punta Ballena
Constituencies According to the Decree of the Departmental Board of Maldonado N° 3909 of 2 December 2004, the following electoral series and constituencies were ordered: DAA: Centro DAC: Los Ceibos DAD: Punta Ballena DAE: Pinares DAF: Cerro Pelado DAG: Hipódromo DAH: Maldonado Nuevo DAI: El Jagüel DAJ: Las Delicias
Authorities The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors.
+ Mayors by period N° Mayor Party Start End Notes 1 Juan Carlos Bayeto Broad Front 9 July 2010 8 July 2015 Elected Mayor Councilors: María Cristina Olivera (FA), Lucía Dotti (FA), Jesús Bentancur (PN) and Héctor Adolfo Varela (PN). 2 Dina Fernández Chaves National Party 9 July 2015 2020 Elected Mayor Councilors: Gualberto Hernández (PN), Mario Scasso Burghi (PN), Luis Huelmo (FA) and Mario Alfaro Mendoza (FA).
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