{{expand Spanish|topic=geo|Fray Marcos|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Fray Marcos |other_name = |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Uruguay |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uruguay |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Uruguay}} |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = Florida Department |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1888 |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_total = 2398 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = UTC −3 |coordinates = {{coord|34|11|0|S|55|44|0|W|region:UY-FD|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 90601 |area_code_type = Dial plan |area_code = +598 4311 (+4 digits) |website = }} '''Fray Marcos''' is a town in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay.
==Geography== It is located {{convert|2|km}} north of the Santa Lucía River (the border with Canelones Department) and on the junction of Route 7 with Route 94. It is {{convert|96|km}} north of Montevideo and on kilometre 107 of the railroad track Montevideo – Nico Pérez.
==History== It was founded in December 1888, and on 23 May 1919, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 6.906.<ref name=stats/> Its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley Nº 12.297.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12297 |title= LEY N° 12.297 |publisher= República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date= 1956 |accessdate= 29 June 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201131/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12297 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>
==Population== In 2011 Fray Marcos had a population of 2,398.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Florida/P_3_FLA.xls |title=Censos 2011 Cuadros Florida |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041429/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Florida/P_3_FLA.xls |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year || Population |- align="right" | 1963 || 1,403 |- align="right" | 1975 || 1,568 |- align="right" | 1985 || 1,676 |- align="right" | 1996 || 2,053 |- align="right" | 2004 || 2,509 |- align="right" | 2011 || 2,398 |} Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''<ref name=stats>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |title=Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) |publisher=INE |date=2012 |accessdate=4 September 2012 |archive-date=13 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143716/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Places of worship== * Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish Church (Roman Catholic)
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==External links== {{Wikivoyage}} *[http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/08_UYFD/Localidades/A1H_08622%20Fray%20Marcos.pdf INE map of Fray Marcos]
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