Municipalities of Durazno Department (Uruguay)

Municipios del Departamento de Durazno

Last modified: 2025-12-06 by rob raeside
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• Sarandí del Yí

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Sarandí del Yí is a city in the Durazno Department with 7,700 inhabitants. A "Pueblo" (village) was founded here on 19 December 1875. On 13 June 1906 its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley N° 3.041, and then on 23 August 1956, to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N° 12.308.

Alejandro Barcelona Almandoz reported in December 2024 on Flags of the World Facebook group the adoption of the new flag, inaugurated on 29/12/2024 and created by Gabriela Barcelona Yaben.
According to this publication: https://www.facebook.com/story.php it was raised, on the day of the 149th anniversary of the founding of the city, on the flagpole on Avenida Petrini y Berro.
Olivier Touzeau, 31 January 2025

Former flag

image by Olivier Touzeau, 31 January 2025

The former flag was white with the emblem: https://www.stonek.com/comentN.php?outside=62144
Olivier Touzeau, 31 January 2025