Alejandro Gallinal
| Cerro Colorado | ||
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Coordinates: 33 ° 52 ′ S , 55 ° 33 ′ W Cerro Colorado on the map of Uruguay
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Uruguay | |
| Department | Florida | |
| Residents | 1357 (2011) | |
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| Post Code | 94101 | |
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Dr. Alejandro Gallinal or Alejandro Gallinal , also under the name Cerro Colorado , is a town in Uruguay .
geography
Alejandro Gallinal is located in the Florida Department in Sector 9 of the Cuchilla Grande Inferior . The closest settlement is Reboledo in the southwest . The Río Santa Lucía Chico rises to the west of the village . The sources of the Arroyo Timote , the Arroyo del Tigre (tributary of the Arroyo Mansavillagra) and the Arroyo de la Cruz can be found on the topographical elevation Cerro Colorado on the northeastern edge of Alejandro Gallinal . The area that extends north of the village is called Cuchilla de Mansavillagra .
history
By the Ley 11,893 , the village previously called Cerro Colorado was renamed on December 18, 1952 in Alejandro Gallinal. On January 28, 1985 the Ley 15,708 awarded the status of " pueblo ".
Infrastructure
Route 7 runs through the village . In addition, the Montevideo - Nico Pérez railway runs through Alejandro Gallinal.
Residents
The population of Alejandro Gallinal is 1,357 (as of 2011), of which 687 are male and 670 are female.
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 593 |
| 1975 | 906 |
| 1985 | 1,092 |
| 1996 | 1,170 |
| 2004 | 1,336 |
| 2011 | 1,357 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
Sons and Daughters of Cerro Colorados
- Omar Prego Gadea (1927–2014), writer, journalist and essayist
Web links
- City map by Alejandro Gallinal / Cerro Colorado (PDF; 97 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Postcode directory of the Uruguayan Post , accessed on March 20, 2012
- ↑ Toponimia y categorización jurídica oficial de las localidades urbanas de Uruguay (Spanish) at www.ine.gub.uy, accessed on April 28, 2014 (PDF)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 28, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 176 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as XLS file