Ciudad de la Costa

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Ciudad de la Costa

Total population

113,252

Air quality index

30Good

Coordinates-34.83°, -55.96°

Demographic figures from INE Uruguay. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ciudad de la Costa is a city in Canelones Department of Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata between the streams Arroyo Carrasco and Arroyo Pando. It is considered an extension of the metropolitan area of Montevideo which it borders to the west, while to the east it borders Costa de Oro. It was declared a city on 19 October 1994 and given its current name. At the 2011 census, it was the second most populated city of Uruguay between Montevideo and Salto.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

L

Luis Romero

Uruguayan footballer

J

Jhonatan Esquivel

Uruguayan rower

P

Paula Díaz

Uruguayan model

M

Miguel Falero

Uruguayan association football player

Alfredo Arias

Uruguayan footballer

I

Ignacio Neira

association football player

F

Federico Burguez

association football player

F

Félix de Medina

Uruguayan writer (1901-1970)

R

Roberto Martínez

Uruguayan photographer

M

Mariana Viñoles

Uruguayan film director

M

Martín Marta

association football player

E

Emiliano Coitiño

Uruguayan association football player

E

Eduardo Agüero

footballer

J

Julio Daguer

Uruguayan association footballer (born 2008)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Canelones

• Barrio La Lucha
  17 mi away · pop. 409
• La Tuna
  22.8 mi away · pop. 244
• Palo Verde
  6057.6 mi away
• Ocotillo
  6076.3 mi away
• Jacumba
  6079 mi away
• Niland
  6080.4 mi away
• Campo
  6091 mi away
• Mount Laguna
  6100 mi away
• Pine Valley
  6102.2 mi away
• Descanso
  6108.4 mi away
• North Shore
  6110 mi away
• Jamul
  6111.2 mi away

Browse all places in Canelones →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Seen 2026-09-28

Grey House Spider

Badumna longinqua

Seen 2026-09-27

Wren-like Rushbird

Phleocryptes melanops

Seen 2026-09-25

Megafreya sutrix

Megafreya sutrix

Seen 2026-09-24

Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola

Seen 2026-09-20

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-20

Lucilia acutifolia

Lucilia acutifolia

Seen 2026-09-19

Stripe-backed Bittern

Botaurus involucris

Seen 2026-09-19

White Sea Catfish

Genidens barbus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).