Villa Darwin is a village or populated centre 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 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) into a road that splits off Route 14 in a northward direction 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) east of Mercedes

Mercedes, Uruguay

Mercedes is the capital and largest city of the department of Soriano in Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 2 with Route 14, and is situated on the south bank of the Río Negro. Also Route 21 from Colonia del Sacramento of Colonia Department terminates in this city.Mercedes is an...

. The rural area it is in, is known as Sacachispas. Its nearest populated place is the village of Palmar in an east-northeast direction. The stream Arroyo Perico Flaco flows along the east limits of the village, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the point where it discharges into the Río Negro

Río Negro (Uruguay)

The Río Negro is the most important river in Uruguay. It originates in the southern highlands of Brazil, just east of Bagé, and flows west across the entire width of Uruguay to the Uruguay River. The course of the Río Negro across Uruguay effectively divides the south of the country from the north...

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Population

In 2004, Villa Darwin had a population of 582.

Year	Population
1963	445
1975	502
1985	513
1996	491
2004	582

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Villa Darwin