Conchillas

Conchillas
Coordinates: 34 ° 10 ′  S , 58 ° 2 ′  W Conchillas​ Conchillas on the map of Uruguay
Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Department	Colonia
Residents	401  (2011)
Detailed data
Post Code	70004
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Conchillas is a place in southern Uruguay .

geography

Conchillas is located in the southwest of the Department Colonia in its sector 7 , south of the Ruta Nacional No. 21. The place is located on the banks of the Arroyo Conchillas about seven kilometers from the Río de la Plata . The distance to the departmental capital Colonia del Sacramento in the southeast is about 50 km. It is 40 km to the northwestern town of Carmelo .

history

Conchillas was founded in 1887 by the British company Walker & Co as a settlement for its workers.

Infrastructure

education

With the Liceo Rural de Conchillas founded in 1990, Conchillas has a secondary school ( Liceo ).

traffic

There is a connection to the Ruta 21, which runs a few kilometers to the north .

Residents

The population of Conchillas is 401 (as of 2011), of which 196 are male and 205 are female.

year	Residents
1963	825
1975	755
1985	727
1996	784
2004	756
2011	401

Source:

Sons and Daughters of Conchilla

• Luis Urruti (* 1992), football player

Web links

• Information on the history of the village (Spanish)
• Conchillas article on clarin.com (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information and pictures about the city on pablonavajas.com
2. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
3. ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on October 3, 2012
4. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963-1996 ( MS Word ; 176 kB)
5. ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as an xls file