Tacuarembo ( Spanish: Tacuarembó ) is a city in the north of central Uruguay , the administrative center of the department of the same name .
| Tacuarembo | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Tacuarembó | |
 | |
| A country |  Uruguay |
| The Department | Tacuarembo |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | |
| Center height | 140 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 54 755 people ( 2011 ) |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +598 463 |
| Postcode | 45000 |
History
It was founded on January 21, 1832 under the name San Fructuoso in honor of St. Fructuos Tarragona , Catholic patron of Uruguayan President Fructuoso Rivera . July 17, 1895 received the status of a small town ( Villa ). June 24, 1912 received the status of a city ( Ciudad ) and was renamed Tacuarembo [1] , by the name of the Tacuarembo River ( guar. Reed river ).
Geography and climate
Located 390 km north of Montevideo and 113 south-west of the city of Rivera . The absolute height is 140 meters above sea level [2] .
The climate is subtropical humid, with warm summers and fairly cool winters. Frost and fog are frequent. The average annual temperature is 18 ° C; the average annual rainfall is 1165 mm.
Population
According to 2011 data, the population of the city is 54,755 people [3] .
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1908 | 7546 |
| 1963 | 28 182 |
| 1975 | 37,692 |
| 1985 | 40,511 |
| 1996 | 45 891 |
| 2004 | 51 224 |
| 2011 | 54,755 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) (see also "San Fructuoso") (PDF). INE (2012). Date of treatment September 5, 2012. Archived November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Tacuarembo, Uruguay Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment May 17, 2013. Archived May 21, 2013.
- ↑ Censos 2011 Cuadros Tacuarembó . INE (2012). Date of treatment August 25, 2012. Archived November 23, 2012.