The municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle is one of the municipalities in the Colonia Department, Uruguay. Its seat is the city of Ombúes de Lavalle.

Municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle Municipio de Ombúes de Lavalle
Municipality
Municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle
Location of the municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle within the department of Colonia and Uruguay.
Coordinates: 33.9375°S 57.8125°W / -33.9375; -57.8125
Country	Uruguay
Department	Colonia
Founded	22 March 2013
Seat	Ombúes de Lavalle
Government
• Mayor	Marcelo Castro (PN) [1]
Area
• Total	398 km2 (154 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,936
• Density	9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3
Constituencies	NGA and NGB

Location

The municipality lies in the north section of the department, and limits to its southeast with the Colonia Miguelete Municipality and to its north with Soriano Department.

History

The municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle was created by Departmental Law N° 014/2013 of 22 March 2013 of the Departmental Board of Colonia, before the proposal of the Intendant of Colonia, following the provisions of the Law N° 18567 and its later reforming Laws.[3][4]

Territory

According to the Departmental Law N° 014/2013 the limits of the municipality's territory match those of the NGA and NGB constituencies of Colonia Department.[5][6]

Authorities

The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors.

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