Municipality of Maldonado

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.