La Floresta, Uruguay
| La Floresta | |
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| City | |
 La Floresta
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| Coordinates: 34°45′18″S 55°40′33″W / 34.75500°S 55.67583°WCoordinates: 34°45′18″S 55°40′33″W / 34.75500°S 55.67583°W | |
| Country |
 Uruguay
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| Department | Canelones Department |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,595 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 16200 |
| Dial plan | +598 437 (+5 digits) |
La Floresta is a city and resort on the Costa de Oro (Golden Coast) of the Canelones Department in Uruguay.
La Floresta is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs and includes several more resorts of the Costa de Oro, east of La Floresta and up to the border with Maldonado Department.
The city is located 54 kilometres (34 mi) to the east of Montevideo and separated from Parque del Plata by the stream Arroyo Solís Chico. To the east, La Floresta borders the resort Costa Azul, separated by the stream Arroyo Sarandí.
La Floresta was formed in 1909 when Dr. Miguel Perea, lawyer and founder of several banks, began planting pine and eucalyptus trees on a large area of sandy ground between the Sarandí and Solís Chico streams and from the town Mosquitos (known today as Soca) to the River Plate. In March 1911, it became a tourist resort for arboriculture and bathing called La Floresta. The resort was mostly completed in 1920. On January 3, 1915, the tallest building in the resort, the Hotel La Floresta was inaugurated; it was expanded in several stages through 1921. The Hotel La Floresta contained a casino which was closed at the beginning of the 21st century and a cinema theatre that still operates during the summer.
Despite the urban development, the forestation initiated in 1909 continued, and by 1918, a million trees had been planted. In 1936, the second large hotel of La Floresta was constructed, which was eventually transformed into a condominium building. During the same year, the electrification of the resort was established, and between 1945 and 1950, the streets were paved.
In December 1940, La Floresta was declared a populated centre by the Act of Ley N° 9.974., and on 3 December 1969, La Floresta officially became a city by the Act of Ley N° 13.806. The growth of the local population and the neighbouring localities necessitated the creation of a local grammar school in 1974. Many of the current residents of La Floresta are descendants of the first settlers.
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