Soriano (department)

Soriano
	The Department
Soriano
	Spanish Soriano
Flag
A country	Uruguay
Includes	2 municipalities
Adm. Centre	Mercedes
History and Geography
Date of formation
Square	9,008 km² (13th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC-3
Population
Population	82 595 people ( 2011 ) ( 11th place )
Density	9.17 people / km² (7th place)
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	UY-SO
	Official site

Soriano ^[1] ^[2] ( Spanish: Soriano ) is one of the departments of Uruguay . Located in the southwestern part of the country, it borders with the Republic of Argentina in the west (the border runs along the Uruguay River), with Rio Negro in the north, Colony in the south, and Flores in the east. The administrative center is the city of Mercedes .

Content

Geography

Located on the Laplat Lowland . Most of the territory is occupied by savannas , in the river valleys - evergreen gallery forests , meadows and swamps .

The climate is subtropical , humid and mild. The average January temperature is 23 ° C, July - 10 ° C. Annual precipitation is from 1000 to 1500 mm.

Major Settlements

Populated paragraph	Population, ^[3] people (2011)
Mercedes (Mercedes)	41,995
Dolores	17 174
Cardona	4600
Palmitas	2123
José Enrique Rodó	2120
Chacras de Dolores	1961
Soriano (Villa Soriano)	1124
Santa Catalina	998

Administrative Division

The Soriano Department is divided into 2 municipalities:

Dolores
Cardona

Economics

The basis of the department’s economy is agriculture , Soriano is one of the first places in the country for the collection of wheat and flaxseed , and sunflower and corn are also grown. Cattle breeding is focused on cattle and sheep breeding . The food industry is developed ^[4] .

Notes

↑ Central Argentina (Pampa) // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 261. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
↑ Soriano // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 344.
↑ Resultados Censo 2011-Departamento de Soriano (neopr.) . Archived on April 5, 2013.
↑ Latin America, Volume 2, ed. "Soviet Encyclopedia", Moscow, 1982, p. 455

[1] Central Argentina (Pampa) // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 261. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .

[2] Soriano // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 344.

[3] Resultados Censo 2011-Departamento de Soriano (neopr.) . Archived on April 5, 2013.

[4] Latin America, Volume 2, ed. "Soviet Encyclopedia", Moscow, 1982, p. 455