Barrios of Montevideo

The city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is divided in 62 barrios (neighbourhoods or districts), each with its own identity, demographic characteristics and activities appropriate to the socio-cultural level of its inhabitants. Most of the outer barrios of Montevideo are in their biggest part rural areas.

In a more general usage of the word barrio, some people refer to the biggest large-scale residential complexes of Montevideo as barrios, although they do not appear as such in official lists.[1] Such are the Parque Posadas in Aires Puros, the Euskal Erría complexes in Malvin Norte and others.

Many areas of the city that are now considered barrios had geographically independent populations, that were later absorbed into the growing city. This is the case with Sayago, Pocitos, Carrasco and others. Some barrios grew out of industrial areas, such as Cerro and Nuevo París. Other areas that were considered once as barrios have been incorporated in bigger actual ones. Such are the barrio Goes,[2][3] most of which has been incorporated in Villa Muñoz, while smaller parts of it were incorporated in Aguada and La Figurita, the barrio Arroyo Seco which has been incorporated in Bella Vista, the Barrio Borro, Retiro and others. As a consequence, different maps may show differences in the number and the borders of some barrios. This list and its accompanying map follow the division in barrios of the National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay.

List of barrios

  1. Ciudad Vieja
  2. Centro
  3. Barrio Sur
  4. Aguada
  5. Villa Muñoz - Retiro, Goes
  6. Cordón
  7. Palermo
  8. Parque Rodó
  9. Tres Cruces
  10. La Comercial
  11. Larrañaga
  12. La Blanqueada
  13. Parque Batlle - Villa Dolores
  14. Pocitos
  15. Punta Carretas
  16. Unión
  17. Buceo
  18. Malvín
  19. Malvín Norte
  20. Las Canteras
  21. Punta Gorda
  1. Carrasco
  2. Carrasco Norte
  3. Bañados de Carrasco
  4. Flor de Maroñas
  5. Maroñas - Parque Guaraní
  6. Villa Española
  7. Ituzaingó
  8. Castro - Pérez Castellanos
  9. Mercado Modelo - Bolívar
  10. Brazo Oriental
  11. Jacinto Vera
  12. La Figurita
  13. Reducto
  14. Capurro - Bella Vista, Arroyo Seco
  15. Prado - Nueva Savona
  16. Atahualpa
  17. Aires Puros
  18. Paso de las Duranas
  19. Belvedere
  20. La Teja
  21. Tres Ombúes - Pueblo Victoria
  1. Villa del Cerro
  2. Casabó - Pajas Blancas
  3. La Paloma - Tomkinson
  4. Paso de la Arena - Santiago Vázquez
  5. Nuevo París
  6. Conciliación
  7. Sayago
  8. Peñarol - Lavalleja
  9. Colón Centro y Noroeste
  10. Lezica - Melilla
  11. Colón Sudeste - Abayubá
  12. Manga - Toledo Chico
  13. Casavalle
  14. Cerrito de la Victoria
  15. Las Acacias
  16. Jardines del Hipódromo
  17. Piedras Blancas
  18. Manga
  19. Punta de Rieles - Bella Italia
  20. Villa García - Manga Rural

Montevideo, Pocitos Neighborhood


References

  1. ↑ http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/sites/default/files/articulo/Plano_Municipios_soloBarrios_A0.pdf
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Archived December 11, 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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