Joaquín Suárez (town)

Joaquín Suárez
Village
Joaquín Suárez
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°44′0″S 56°2′0″W / 34.73333°S 56.03333°W / -34.73333; -56.03333
Country Uruguay
DepartmentCanelones Department
Founded1882
Population
 (2011)
  Total
6,570
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
91200
Dial plan+598 2 (+7 digits)

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 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north. The villages are all considered parts of the wider metropolitan area of Montevideo.