Young is a city in the centre of the RÃÂo Negro Department of Uruguay.
It is located on Route 3 and Route 25, about northwest of Trinidad, the capital of Flores Department.
On 17 August 1920, the group of houses known as "Estación de Young" was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nú 7.256. Its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 14 August 1958 by the Act of Ley Nú 12.515 and then, on 15 October 1963, to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nú 13.167.
On 17 March 2006, in the Tragedia de Young, eight people were crushed to death in a televised event in which they pulled a train to raise money for the local hospital.
In 2011, Young had a population of 16,756.
Source: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃÂstica de Uruguay