Baltasar Brum (city)
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Coordinates: 30 ° 43 ′ S , 57 ° 20 ′ W Baltasar Brum on the map of Uruguay
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 Uruguay
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| Department | Artigas | |
| Residents | 2531 (2011) | |
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| Post Code | 55001 | |
| prefix | 0776 | |
| City Presidency | José Lachaise | |
Baltasar Brum is a place in northwestern Uruguay .
geography
Baltasar Brum is located in the Artigas Department in its 8th sector, almost 50 km east of the Uruguay River . To the north of the village are the towns of Bella Unión and Tomás Gomensoro . The place is located in a depression of the Cuchilla de Belén .
history
The first settlement of the place, originally called Isla Cabellos, took place at the beginning of the 19th century. The first settlers were mainly Creoles and Blandengues soldiers, later those of Italian, Russian and German origins were added. Isla Cabellos previously belonged to the Estancia of Yapeyú ( Estancia de Yapeyú ), today's Argentine city of Paso de los Libres . The first school was built on site in 1900. On November 1, 1932, the town was granted Pueblo status by law No. 8.907 . In the 1940s, the local infrastructure grew with the opening of a clinic ( Policlínica ) and a branch of the Banco República and the establishment of a post office. At that time, the place was also connected to the electricity and water supply and the telephone network. The city was later given its current name in honor of the former President of Uruguay of the same name, Baltasar Brum . In the 1980s, rice began to be grown in the Baltasar Brum area. During this decade the club Central de Fútbol was founded and a Liceo opened .
Infrastructure
education
With the Liceo Área Rural Baltasar Brum, founded in 1988, Baltasar Brum has a secondary school ( Liceo ).
Residents
Baltasar Brum has 2531 inhabitants (as of 2011) and is currently the fourth largest city in the department in terms of population.
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 1,769 |
| 1975 | 1,753 |
| 1985 | 1,627 |
| 1996 | 2.144 |
| 2004 | 2,472 |
| 2011 | 2,531 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of Baltasar Brum is José Lachaise .
sons and daughters of the town
- Néstor Gonçalves (1936-), football player
- Alba Roballo (1910–1996), lawyer and politician, first female minister in South America
- Amílcar Vasconcellos (* 1915), writer and politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Baltasar Brum at www.tacuy.com.uy ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved March 21, 2012
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 6.94 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 10, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 85 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay Cenus 2004 (PDF file; 628 kB)
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
