Santa Rosa is a small city in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay.

Santa Rosa is also the name of the municipality to which the city belongs.

51 of Route 6, only 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) northeast of its intersection with Route 11 and 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of Canelones, the capital city of the department.

On 15 May 1925 its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley Nº 7.837,[1] and then on 29 August 1972 to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 14.081.

[3] In 2010, the Intendencia de Canelones had estimated a population of 7,749 for the municipality during the elections.