Lavalleja Department

Lavalleja Department
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Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Capital	Minas
surface	10,016 km²
Residents	58,815 (2011)
density	5.9 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	UY-LA
politics
Intendant	Adriana Peña
Political party	Partido Nacional

Coordinates: 33 ° 56 ′  S , 54 ° 58 ′  W

Lavalleja is a department in Uruguay .

geography

Location and landscape

The department, which covers an area of ​​10,016 km², is located in the central east of the country. It is characterized by a wooded hilly landscape with low mountain ranges, such as the Sierra de las Ánimas . In the northwest is the Cuchilla Grande , the most important chain of hills in Uruguay.

Settlement structure

Its capital, Minas, has 38,446 inhabitants (as of 2011) and concentrates over 60% of the population of the department. If you leave the city of Minas and follow Ruta 8 , you will come across the entrance to Villa Serrana at km 145 . This place was founded in the middle of the 19th century and is located in the middle of a thousand-year-old forest, which gives the place an extraordinary landscape. Other cities in the department are, for example, José Pedro Varela , Solís de Mataojo , José Batlle y Ordóñez and Mariscala .

Natural resources

There are marble deposits at Polanco in the department . Further mineral resources can be found at Barriga Negra ( dolomite ), at Minas ( barite , gold ), at La Mariscala ( petroleum ) and 15 kilometers west of Mariscala at Arroyo Tapes ( talc and soapstone ), at kilometer point 115 of Ruta 8 ( limestone ), in the Mina Valencia (dolomite, lead and zinc ), in the Mina de Ramallo-Reus (lead, zinc) and in the Mina Euritinia ( copper ).

history

The province was founded in 1837 with the name Minas and at that time still comprised parts of Cerro Largo and Maldonado . The name was changed to Lavalleja in 1927. The capital Minas was founded around 1784 under the name "Villa Concepción de Minas". There are many mines and tunnels in the vicinity of the city , from which the name "Minas" can be traced back.

origin of the name

The province takes its name in honor of Juan Antonio Lavalleja , who successfully fought for the independence of Uruguay around 1825 as leader of the so - called Thirty - three Orientals against the Empire of Brazil .

Infrastructure

education

Lavalleja has a total of seven secondary schools ( Liceos ), where 4,446 students are taught by 388 teachers. The oldest Liceo in the department is the Liceo Liceo Nº 1 Department "Instituto Eduardo Fabini" , established in 1912, in the department capital Minas . (As of December 2008)

traffic

The most important road connection is the Ruta 8 , which crosses the department from southwest to northeast.

economy

Granite and marble are mined in the area around Minas . Tourism is also an important source of income.

Population development

While 60,925 inhabitants were counted in 2004, the number of inhabitants determined as part of the 2011 census was 58,815. Of these, 28,793 were men and 30,022 women.

politics

The leadership of the executive branch of the department, the Office of Intendente has, since 2010, Adriana Peña from the Partido Nacional held.

Web links

Commons : Lavalleja Department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Detailed map of the department (PDF; 2.4 MB)
• Lavalleja in the Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35
2. ↑ Minas: capital departamental (Spanish) at www.lavalleja.gub.uy, accessed on February 12, 2014
3. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
4. ↑ 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)  
5. ^ Autoridades de la Intendencia Departamental de Lavalleja , accessed July 19, 2017
6. ^ Curriculum Dra. María Adriana Peña Hernández Spanish , accessed July 19, 2017