Las Piedras, town, southern Uruguay, in Canelones Department, near Montevideo. It is a rail and commercial center for a wine-growing and agricultural region. The gaucho nationalist leader José Gervasio Artigas scored a victory over the Spanish here in 1811. Population (1985) 58,288.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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