Rivera Department

Rivera
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Capital	Rivera
surface	9370 km²
Residents	103,493 (2011)
density	11 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	UY-RV
Website	www.rivera.gub.uy (Spanish)
politics
Intendant	Marne Osorio
Political party	Partido Colorado

Coordinates: 31 ° 29 ′  S , 55 ° 15 ′  W

Rivera is one of the 19 as Departamento designated administrative units Uruguay .

geography

Position and extent

The department, which covers an area of ​​9,370 km², is located in the north of the country on the border with Brazil . It also borders the departments of Artigas , Salto , Tacuarembó and Cerro Largo .

Settlement structure

The departmental capital Rivera , located directly on the Uruguayan-Brazilian border and only separated by a street from the city of Santana do Livramento , is one of the largest cities in the country with 64,485 inhabitants (as of 2011) and was measured by population 2004 ranked fourth nationwide. The next major cities in the department are Tranqueras , Mandubí and Vichadero , near which the Vichadero airport is located.

Landscape image

In Rivera there are the Cuchilla Negra hills , the Cuchilla de Santa Ana , which traces the border to the neighboring country in the northwest-southeast direction , the Cuchilla de Cuñapirú , which is arranged in the north-south direction, and the Cuchilla del Yaguarí , Cuchilla Hospital and Cuchilla, which tend to be in the south-west-northeast direction Caraguatá .

Waters

Important rivers that flow through the department are the Río Tacuarembó and its left tributaries Arroyo Cuñapirú , Arroyo Yaguarí and Arroyo Caraguatá .

Natural resources

Gold deposits exist in the central southern area of ​​the department (near Minas de Corrales , Zapucay and Cortume ). Zapucay also reveals the existence of manganese and iron.

history

The department was founded on October 1, 1884 by splitting off from the Tacuarembó department . Rivera was named after the independence fighter and first president of the republic, General Fructuoso Rivera .

Infrastructure

education

Rivera has a total of ten secondary schools ( Liceos ), in which 9,384 students are taught by 624 teachers. The oldest liceo in the department is the Instituto Nº 1 Departamental "Dra. Celia E. Pomoli" , established in 1913 in the department capital Rivera . (As of December 2008)

traffic

In the area of ​​the department there are two connections to the air traffic with the airport Rivera and the airport Vichadero . The Montevideo - Rivera railway runs through the department . In addition, the following roads run through the department in any case: Ruta 5 , Ruta 6 , Ruta 27 , Ruta 28 , Ruta 29 , Ruta 30 and Ruta 44 .

economy

There is only a small amount of manufacturing industry in the department. Rather, the service sector and agricultural production play the main role in economic terms. Extensive livestock rearing of cattle and sheep dominates the local agriculture . In addition, rice is mainly grown, but corn and soy are also grown. The Rivera Department is also the country's most important tobacco producer. Another branch of the economy that gained a foothold in Rivera, especially in the late 20th century, is forestry.

population

While 104,921 inhabitants were counted in 2004, the number of inhabitants determined in the context of the 2011 census was 103,493. Of these, 50,397 were men and 53,096 women.

politics

The executive position of the executive branch of the department, the office of intendente , is held by Marne Osorio from the Partido Colorado .

Web links

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

• Rocha in the Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub: Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 17
2. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub: Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 17
3. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub: Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35
4. ^ "Departments of Uruguay" on www.statoids.com
5. ↑ Frontera de la Paz, Rivera (Uruguay) - Livramento (Brazil)
6. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
7. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 37
8. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 39
9. ↑ "Departamento de Rivera - Actividad humana y económica" on www.papiros.com.uy  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 57 kB)  
10. ↑ 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.  
11. ↑ 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)