Pirarajá is a small town in the Lavalleja Department

Lavalleja Department

The Department of Lavalleja is a department of Uruguay. The capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and to the west to Florida.The department is...

 of southeastern Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located on Route 8

Route 8 (Uruguay)

Route 8 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja, a national hero of Uruguay...

 and on its junction with Route 58, about
34 kilometres (21.1 mi) north of Mariscala

Mariscala

Mariscala is a small town in the Lavalleja Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located on Route 8, northeast of Minas. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" category on 1 February 1918 by decree Ley No. 5.639.-Population:...

 and 95 kilometres (59 mi) northeast of Minas

Minas, Uruguay

Minas is the capital of the Lavalleja Department in Uruguay. It is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 with Route 12. The city is situated between hill ranges and the basins of the streams Arroyo San Francisco and Arroyo Campanero. Its status was elevated to...

. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (town) category on 22/12/1906 by decree Ley No. 3.136.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 1,674.

Year	Population
1963	910
1975	773
1985	737
1996	723
2004	1,674

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Pirarajá