Editing Montevideo (section)

=== Administrative divisions and barrios ===
[[File:Montevideo Map.png|thumb|right|Map of the ''barrios'' of Montevideo]]
{{As of|2010}}, the city of Montevideo has been divided into 8 political municipalities (''Municipios''), referred to with letters from A to G, including CH, each presided over by a mayor elected by the citizens registered in the constituency. This division, according to the Municipality of Montevideo, "aims to advance political and administrative decentralization in the department of Montevideo, with the aim of deepening the democratic participation of citizens in governance."<ref>[http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/gobiernos-municipales/informacion-general Información general|Intendencia de Montevideo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426043951/http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/gobiernos-municipales/informacion-general |date=26 April 2011 }}. Montevideo.gub.uy (23 August 2010). Retrieved on 20 November 2010.</ref> The head of each ''Municipio'' is called an ''alcalde'' or (if female) ''alcaldesa''.<ref>[http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/gobiernos-municipales/alcaldes-y-alcaldesas Alcaldes y alcaldesas|Intendencia de Montevideo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830143926/http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/gobiernos-municipales/alcaldes-y-alcaldesas |date=30 August 2010 }}. Montevideo.gub.uy. Retrieved on 20 November 2010.</ref>

Of much greater importance is the division of the city into 62 ''barrios'': neighborhoods or wards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barrios of Montevideo, Uruguay |url=http://www.explore-uruguay.com/barrios-of-montevideo-uruguay.html |access-date=19 November 2010 |publisher=Explore Uruguay |archive-date=8 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208074248/http://www.explore-uruguay.com/barrios-of-montevideo-uruguay.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Many of the city's ''barrios''—such as [[Sayago, Montevideo|Sayago]], [[Ituzaingó, Montevideo|Ituzaingó]] and [[Pocitos]]—were previously geographically separate settlements, later absorbed by the growth of the city. Others grew up around certain industrial sites, including the [[Salting (food)|salt-curing]] works of [[Villa del Cerro]] and the [[tannery (facility)|tanneries]] in [[Nuevo París]]. Each ''barrio'' has its own identity, geographic location and socio-cultural activities. A neighborhood of great significance is Ciudad Vieja, that was surrounded by a protective wall until 1829. This area contains most important buildings of the colonial era and early decades of independence.

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# [[Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo|Ciudad Vieja]]
# [[Centro, Montevideo|Centro]]
# [[Barrio Sur, Montevideo|Barrio Sur]]
# [[Aguada, Montevideo|Aguada]]
# [[Villa Muñoz]], Goes, Retiro
# [[Cordón]]
# [[Palermo, Montevideo|Palermo]]
# [[Parque Rodó]]
# [[Tres Cruces]]
# [[La Comercial]]
# [[Larrañaga, Uruguay|Larrañaga]]
# [[La Blanqueada]]
# [[Parque Batlle|Parque Batlle – Villa Dolores]]
# [[Pocitos]]
# [[Punta Carretas]]
# [[Unión, Montevideo|Unión]]
# [[Buceo]]
# [[Malvín]]
# [[Malvín Norte]]
# [[Las Canteras, Uruguay|Las Canteras]]
# [[Punta Gorda, Montevideo|Punta Gorda]]
# [[Carrasco, Montevideo|Carrasco]]
# [[Carrasco Norte]]
# [[Bañados de Carrasco]]
# [[Flor de Maroñas]]
# [[Maroñas|Maroñas – Parque Guaraní]]
# [[Villa Española]]
# [[Ituzaingó, Montevideo|Ituzaingó]]
# [[Pérez Castellanos|Castro – Pérez Castellanos]]
# [[Mercado Modelo (Montevideo)|Mercado Modelo]] – [[Bolívar, Montevideo|Bolívar]]
# [[Brazo Oriental]]
# [[Jacinto Vera, Montevideo|Jacinto Vera]]
# [[La Figurita]]
# [[Reducto]]
# [[Capurro]] – [[Bella Vista, Montevideo|Bella Vista]], Arroyo Seco
# [[Prado, Montevideo|Prado – Nueva Savona]]
# [[Atahualpa, Montevideo|Atahualpa]]
# [[Aires Puros]]
# [[Paso de las Duranas]]
# [[Belvedere, Montevideo|Belvedere]]
# [[La Teja]]
# [[Tres Ombúes|Tres Ombúes – Pueblo Victoria]]
# [[Villa del Cerro]]
# [[Casabó|Casabó – Pajas Blancas]], Rincón del Cerro
# [[La Paloma, Montevideo|La Paloma – Tomkinson]]
# [[Paso de la Arena|Paso de la Arena – Los Bulevares]] – [[Santiago Vázquez, Montevideo|Santiago Vázquez]]
# [[Nuevo París]]
# [[Conciliación]]
# [[Sayago, Montevideo|Sayago]]
# [[Peñarol, Montevideo|Peñarol – Lavalleja]]
# [[Colón Centro y Noroeste]]
# [[Lezica|Lezica – Melilla]]
# [[Colón Sudeste|Colón Sudeste – Abayubá]]
# [[Manga, Toledo Chico|Manga – Toledo Chico]]
# [[Casavalle]], Barrio Borro
# [[Cerrito, Montevideo|Cerrito de la Victoria]]
# [[Las Acacias, Montevideo|Las Acacias]]
# [[Jardines del Hipódromo]]
# [[Piedras Blancas, Montevideo|Piedras Blancas]]
# [[Manga, Montevideo|Manga]]
# [[Punta de Rieles - Bella Italia]]
# [[Villa García|Villa García – Manga Rural]]
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