Its seat is the city of Sarandí del Yí.

The municipality is located in the southwest area of the Durazno Department.

This law mandated the creation of municipalities in every settlement with a population above 2000 inhabitants.

The constituencies RDC, RDD and RDE of Durazno Department were assigned to this municipality.

[3][4] The only populated place of this municipality is the city of Sarandí del Yí.