Dolores is a city in the Soriano Department

Soriano Department

Soriano is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Mercedes.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 84,563 people and 26,105 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2...

 of western Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located in the west part of the department, on the south banks of Río San Salvador, about 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) before it discharges into Río de la Plata

Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...

. It is almost entirely surrounded by the populated rural area known as Chacras de Dolores

Chacras de Dolores

Chacras de Dolores, which means "Ranches of Dolores", is a populated rural area almost entierly surrounding the city of Dolores in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay. Its northern limit is the river Río San Salvador.-Population:...

. It was elevated to "City" category on 26 November 1923 by decree Ley No. 7.652.

Population

In 2004, Dolores had a population of 15,753. Together with Chacras de Dolores, they form a population centre of more than 19,000.

Year	Population
1963	12,488
1975	13,322
1985	13,084
1996	14,784
2004	15,753

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Dolores