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Celanira Acuna
Celanira Acuna
Celanira Acuna on her 109th birthday in 2018
Birth: 5 April 1909
Rivera Department, Uruguay
Death: 10 May 2018
Vichadero, Rivera Department, Uruguay
Age: 109 years, 35 days
Country: UruguayURU
Centenarian

Celanira Acuna (5 April 1909 – 10 May 2018) was a Uruguayan centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Uruguay at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Celanira Acuna was born in Rivera Department, Uruguay on 5 April 1909. She became the oldest known living person in Uruguay, following the death of 112-year-old Jacinta Silva on 29 July 2016.

Celanira Acuna died in the village of Vichadero, Rivera Department, Uruguay on 10 May 2018 at the age of 109 years, 35 days. Following her death, then 108-year-old Rosalia Aguilar became the oldest known living person in Uruguay.

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Uruguay's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Maria Jacinta Silva Fernandez • Celanira AcunaRosalia Aguilar • Aida Carmen Gandine Dodera • Blanca Luisa Cuitino Barbier • Julio Augusto Varela Lopez • Monica Rodriguez • Maria Souto MartinezTeresa Bottazzi • Anonymous of Treinta Y Tres