Salto

city in Uruguay
Place big_city Q335506
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Summary

Salto is a big city[1]. Salto draws 1,959 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #182 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Salto Department[3]
  • Country: Uruguay[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Uruguay River[5]
  • Instance of: border city[6], city[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Salto[8], Goya[9], Penafiel[10], Palenque[11], Putla Villa de Guerrero[12]
  • Postal code: 50000[13]
  • Commons category: Salto, Uruguay[14]
  • Inception: 1756[15]
  • Significant event: Siege of Salto[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Salto, Uruguay[17]
  • Commons gallery: Salto (Uruguay)[18]
  • Population: 124,878[19], 114,043[20]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], New International Encyclopedia[23]
  • Capital of: Salto Department[24]
  • Official name: Salto[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ciudad de Salto[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Q26762559[27]
  • Number of households: 41,536[28]
  • Native label: Salto[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Salto, Uruguay[30]
  • Different from: Salto[31]
  • Elevation above sea level: 48 m[32]
  • Area: 37.034584 km²[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Salto include Nueva Hespérides International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Uruguay[36].

Why It Matters

Salto has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Salto is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Salto include Nueva Hespérides International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Uruguay[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . gub.uy. Retrieved . gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . gub.uy. Retrieved . gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ine.gub.uy. ine.gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gub.uy. Retrieved . gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . gub.uy. Retrieved . gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . gub.uy. Retrieved . gub.uy. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Muralituy · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → big city, border city, city
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cbk_zam', 'commons', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: city"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 23w ago · Ceaseless Watcher · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+41536'}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
    Instance of → big city, border city, city
    Inception → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29801|batch #29801]]: Uruguay localidad segun censo 2023 completo"
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