Canelones Department

Canelones
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Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Capital	Canelones
surface	4536 km²
Residents	520,187 (2011)
density	115 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	UY-CA
Website	www.imcanelones.gub.uy (Spanish)
politics
Intendant	Marcos Carámbula
Political party	Front Amplio

Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′  S , 55 ° 53 ′  W

Canelones is one of the 19 departments of Uruguay .

geography

location

The department, which covers an area of ​​4,536 km², surrounds the capital Montevideo, so that most of the suburbs of this city are located in the department Canelones. It borders on San José to the west, Lavalleja and Maldonado to the east, and Florida to the north . The western border forms the Río Santa Lucía , the eastern border the range of hills of the Cuchilla Grande . In the south the department borders on the Río de la Plata . Its capital, which is also called Canelones , has 19,631 inhabitants. The largest city, on the other hand, is Ciudad de la Costa, part of the Montevideo metropolitan area, with just under 100,000 inhabitants.

Natural resources

In the department area there are crude oil deposits near Santa Lucía . Further mineral resources are feldspar near kilometer point 27 of Ruta 6 and black granite near Soca .

Settlement structure

Canelones has a dense population. Cities and towns worth mentioning are:

• Las Piedras
• La Paz
• Progreso
• Barros Blancos
• Ciudad de la Costa , from the previously independent places a new city, San José de Carrasco, Shangrilá, Lagomar, Solymar and El Pinar was formed
• Tala
• Pando
• Empalme Olmos
• Santa Lucía
• Colonia Nicolich
• San Jacinto
• San Bautista
• Migues
• Montes

There are also a number of seaside resorts: Salinas , Marindia , Atlántida , Las Toscas, Parque del Plata , La Floresta, Costa Azul, Guazubirá, Los Titanes, La Tuna, Cuchila Alta and Jaureguiberry on the border with the Maldonado department.

Infrastructure

education

Canelones has a total of 44 secondary schools ( Liceos ), in which 36,467 students are taught by 2,885 teachers. The oldest Liceo in the department is the Liceo Departamental "Tomás Berreta" , which was founded in 1912 and is located in the department capital Canelones . (As of December 2008)

traffic

In the extreme south, near Montevideo, is Carrasco International Airport , the country's most important airport. The railway lines Montevideo - Rivera , Montevideo - Rocha , Montevideo - Minas , Montevideo - Río Branco , Montevideo - Melo , Montevideo - KM 329 , Montevideo - Colonia and Montevideo - Mercedes run through the department . In addition, the following roads run through the department: Ruta Interbalnearia , Ruta 5 , Ruta 6 , Ruta 7 , Ruta 8 , Ruta 9 , Ruta 11 , Ruta 12 , Ruta 40 .

economy

The area is used intensively for agriculture. Mainly cereals , wine , vegetables and fruits are grown , there is also milk production and the production of aromatic herbs .

The industry is also important. The most important are the tobacco industry and the food industry.

Tourism is also important . There are several popular seaside resorts on the coast of the Río de la Plata, called La Costa de Oro .

Residents

Canelones is the second most populous department of Uruguay after Montevideo . While 485,240 inhabitants were counted in 2004, the number of inhabitants determined in the 2011 census was 520,187. Of these, 253,124 were men and 267,063 women.

politics

In May 2010 Marcos Carámbula ( Frente Amplio ) was elected to the post of Intendente des Departamentos. He succeeded Estanislao Chiazzaro , who had held the office since February 5, 2010, after Carámbula was already Intendente of Canelones from July 7, 2005 until Chiazzaros took office .

Other predecessors in office were, among others, Tabaré Hackenbruch , Díver Fernández or Tomás Berreta .

Others

Canelones has its own anthem. This is the "Himno a Canelones", the text of which was written in 1930 by Eudoro Melo . The setting was created by Bernardo Irigaray .

Web links

Commons : Canelones Department  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Intendencia Municipal of Canelones
• Canelones in the Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay (Spanish)
• Departmental news portal "Hoy Canelones" (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35
2. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
3. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 37
4. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 39
5. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay ( Memento of the original of November 13, 2009 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.  
6. ↑ Statistical data of the 2011 census ( memento of the original from September 27, 2015 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. of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on August 29, 2012 (XLS file; 25 kB)  
7. ↑ "Himno a Canelones" in the wording and with audio link ( memento of the original from May 2, 2016 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.