Colonia del sacramento

Colonia del sacramento
	City
Colonia del sacramento
	isp. Colonia del sacramento
A country	Uruguay
Chapter	Manuel Lobo
History and geography
Based	1680
Square	525.54 km²
Center height	27 m
Timezone	UTC − 3 , in summer UTC − 2
Population
Population	26,231 people ( 2011 )
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+052
Postcode	70,000

Colonia del Sacramento ( Spanish Colonia del Sacramento , formerly the port. Colônia do Sacramento ) is a city and port in the south-west of Uruguay . The administrative center of the department of Colonia .

The city is known for its historic district, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ^[1] . The economy of the city is based on the production of textiles. Colonia del Sacramento is a free economic zone .

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History

The colony was founded by the Portuguese in 1680, but the Spaniards, who settled on the opposite bank of La Plata, disputed the ownership of this territory. In the same year of 1680, the colony was captured by the Spanish military Jose de Garro, but the following year it was returned to Portugal . The city was again taken by the Spaniards in March 1705, but in 1713 it was returned to Portugal under the Utrecht Peace Treaty . But the persistent struggle for the possession of Colonia del Sacramento did not stop and in the future the city passed from hand to hand many times, until in the end it was not left to the Spaniards.

Geography and climate

Located on the shores of the Gulf of La Plata , about 177 km west of the country's capital, the city of Montevideo . The absolute height is 27 meters above sea level ^[2] .

The climate of Colonia del Sacramento is characterized as humid subtropical, with warm summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature is 17 ° C. The average annual rainfall is 1039 mm.

Population

According to data for 2011, the city’s population is 26,231 people ^[3] .

Year	Population
1908	8021
1963	12,846
1975	17,046
1985	19 102
1996	22 200
2004	21,714
2011	26,231

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay ^[4]

Gallery

Types of Barrio Histórico
Portón de Campo, the city gate
Lighthouse
The outside
Santisimo Sacramento Basilica

Twin Cities

Pelotas , Brazil ^[5]
Guimaraes , Portugal
Moron , Argentina

Notes

↑ 21 World Heritage Sites you have never heard of . Daily Telegraph.
↑ Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay Page (eng.) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. The date of circulation is May 16, 2013. Archived May 21, 2013.
↑ Censos 2011 Cuadros Colonia (Neopr.) . INE (2012). The appeal date is August 25, 2012. Archived November 21, 2012.
Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) (Neopr.) (PDF). INE (2012). The appeal date is September 3, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
Ida Cidades-irmãs de Pelotas terão espaço na Fenadoce Archival copy dated July 23, 2011 on the Wayback Machine , Prefeitura Municipal de Pelotas - accessed on June 4, 2007.

Links

Tourist Information (Spanish)

[1] 21 World Heritage Sites you have never heard of . Daily Telegraph.

[fallingrain-2] Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay Page (eng.) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. The date of circulation is May 16, 2013. Archived May 21, 2013.

[3] Censos 2011 Cuadros Colonia (Neopr.) . INE (2012). The appeal date is August 25, 2012. Archived November 21, 2012.

[4] Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) (Neopr.) (PDF). INE (2012). The appeal date is September 3, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.

[5] Ida Cidades-irmãs de Pelotas terão espaço na Fenadoce Archival copy dated July 23, 2011 on the Wayback Machine , Prefeitura Municipal de Pelotas - accessed on June 4, 2007.