Castillos (Rocha)
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Coordinates: 34 ° 12 ′ S , 53 ° 51 ′ W Castillos on the map of Uruguay
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| Country | Uruguay | |
| Department | Rocha | |
| Residents | 7541 (2011) | |
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| Post Code | 27200 | |
| City Presidency | Raul Servetto | |
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Castillos is a city in eastern Uruguay .
geography
Castillos is located in the eastern part of the Rocha department in its sector 5 . Further settlements in the area are the Barrio Torres , which is about one kilometer southeast of Castillos, and La Esmeralda , located on the south Atlantic coast , several kilometers away to the east-northeast, and Aguas Dulces to the southeast . North of the city is the Cerro de los Rocha . In the western part of the urban area, Castillos is traversed by the stream de la Tapera .
history
The city was founded on April 19, 1866 with the laying of the foundation stone of the local chapel under the name of San Vicente Mártir de Castillos . On November 3, 1952, Castillos was granted city status by Law No. 11,875.
Infrastructure
Castillos is connected to the traffic route network via Rutas 9 (kilometer point 265) and 16 , which cross in the urban area .
Residents
As part of the 2011 census, 7,541 inhabitants were determined, 3,525 of them male and 4,016 female.
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 5,947 |
| 1975 | 7,260 |
| 1985 | 6,836 |
| 1996 | 7,346 |
| 2004 | 7,649 |
| 2011 | 7,541 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of Castillos is Raúl Servetto .
sons and daughters of the town
- Irineu Riet Correa (* 1945), politician
- Jesús Perdomo , historian
- Nelson "Pindingo" Pereyra , musician
- Roberto Rubio (* 1917), politician and heart surgeon
Web links
- City map of Castillos (PDF; 126 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciudad de Castillos on www.rochauruguay.com (Spanish)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 23, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963-1996 ( MS Word ; 176 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as XLS file
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )