Paysandú Department is a
department||Uruguay consists of 19 departments :# Artigas . Formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department. The only department to border both Argentina in the west and Brazil in the north and east.# Canelones . One of the original 6 departments created in 1816...
of
UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
. Its capital is
PaysandúPaysandú is the second largest city in Uruguay, with a population of 97,000. It is the capital of the department of Paysandú.The city is located at coordinates , by road north-west of Montevideo, on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina...
. Its name is
CatalanCatalan is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencià , as well as in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of...
in origin, and means
"peasant" or
"farmer."
Paysandú is home to a large brewery and hosts an annual
Semana de la Cerveza (Week of the Beer), a weeklong festival of music, arts, carnival type rides, and beer.
As of the census of 2004, there were 113,244 people and 33,691 households in the department.
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PaysandúPaysandú is the second largest city in Uruguay, with a population of 97,000. It is the capital of the department of Paysandú.The city is located at coordinates , by road north-west of Montevideo, on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina...
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13.922 km² |
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113.244 (2004) |
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8.13 inh./km² |
| Demonym A demonym, also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality which is derived from the name of the particular locality. The word demonym comes from the Greek word for "populace" with the suffix for "name"...
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sanducero |
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paysandu.gub.uy
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UY-PA |
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| Intendant The title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...
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Julio Pintos
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Frente Amplio |
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Paysandú Department is a
department||Uruguay consists of 19 departments :# Artigas . Formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department. The only department to border both Argentina in the west and Brazil in the north and east.# Canelones . One of the original 6 departments created in 1816...
of
UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
. Its capital is
PaysandúPaysandú is the second largest city in Uruguay, with a population of 97,000. It is the capital of the department of Paysandú.The city is located at coordinates , by road north-west of Montevideo, on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina...
. Its name is
CatalanCatalan is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencià , as well as in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of...
in origin, and means
"peasant" or
"farmer."
Paysandú is home to a large brewery and hosts an annual
Semana de la Cerveza (Week of the Beer), a weeklong festival of music, arts, carnival type rides, and beer.
Population and demographics
As of the census of 2004, there were 113,244 people and 33,691 households in the department. The average household size was 3.3. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males.
- Population growth rate: 0.466% (2004)
- Birth Rate: 18.55 births/1,000 people (2004)
- Death Rate: 8.59 deaths/1,000 people
- Average age: 29.8 (29.3 Males, 30.4 Females)
- Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
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|79.27 years
- Average Family Size: 2.68 children/woman
- Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 3,690.1 pesos/month
Main urban centres
(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)
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| Gallinal
| 3,957
(1996)
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| Guichón
| 4,826
(1996)
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| Nuevo Paysandú
| 6,183
(1996)
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PaysandúPaysandú is the second largest city in Uruguay, with a population of 97,000. It is the capital of the department of Paysandú.The city is located at coordinates , by road north-west of Montevideo, on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina...
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| Piedras Coloradas
| 1,104
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| Quebracho
| 2,337
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| San Félix
| 1,071
(1996)
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