Fray Marcos is a town in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay.
It is located north of the Santa LucÃÂa River (the border with Canelones Department) and on the junction of Route 7 with Route 94. It is north of Montevideo and on kilometre 107 of the railroad track Montevideo â Nico Pérez.
It was founded in December 1888, and on 23 May 1919, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nú 6.906. Its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley Nú 12.297.
In 2011 Fray Marcos had a population of 2,398.
Source: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃÂstica de Uruguay