Cerro Arequita

Cerro Arequita is a hill located in Lavalleja Department, Uruguay.

Overview

Its name is of Guarani origin, meaning "water falling from the high rock over the caves".
Since 2024 it is part of the National Park of Arequita, a nature sanctuary full of native species: armadillos, skunks, foxes, Geoffroy's cats, gray brockets, capybaras, river otters, nutrias, bats, chingolos, chalk-browed mockingbirds, dusky-legged guans, turkey vultures, savannah vultures.
An endemic epiphyte flowering plant species is Tillandsia arequitae.

In art

Carlos Federico Sáez painted this hill in 1899.
The Cerro Arequita is featured on both the coat of arms and the flag of Lavalleja Department.