Flores Department

Flores
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Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Capital	Trinidad
surface	5144 km²
Residents	25,050 (2011)
density	4.9 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	UY-FS
Website	www.imflores.gub.uy (Spanish)
politics
Intendant	Armando Castaingdebat
Political party	Partido Nacional

Coordinates: 33 ° 31 ′  S , 56 ° 54 ′  W

Flores is a department in Uruguay . It is located in the central west of the country.

geography

location

The department, with an area of ​​5144 km², is located in the part of Uruguay known as the Crystalline Plain and encompassing the northeastern part of the country. It is a varied area with mountain ranges, small hills and a sea of ​​stones, which ensure good drainage in the area. The southern half of Flores is crossed by the Cuchilla Grande Inferior . The Arroyo Chamangá flows through the department.

climate

Flores has a temperate climate.

Natural resources

In the department area there are deposits of black granite both in the south near Pintos and in the west near Ismael Cortinas .

history

The department was formed on December 30, 1885.

population

While 25,104 inhabitants were counted in 2004, the number of inhabitants determined in the 2011 census was 25,050. Of these, 12,342 were men and 12,708 women. Of these, 21,429 people live in the capital Trinidad alone (as of 2011; 2004: 20,982), which corresponds to a total of over 80%. The second largest city in the country is Ismael Cortinas with only 1,069 inhabitants (2004) . Other settlements are Andresito , La Casilla , Cerro Colorado and Juan José Castro . The department is the most sparsely populated in the country.

Infrastructure

education

Flores has a total of three secondary schools (Liceos) , in which 1901 pupils are taught by 177 teachers. The oldest liceo in the department is the Liceo Departamental "Carlos Brignoni Mosquera" , which was founded on April 8, 1912 and is located in the capital of the department, Trinidad (as of December 2008).

economy

Grain, flax and wine growing are just as much a branch of the economy within the department as sheep farming.

politics

Armando Castaingdebat of the Partido Nacional holds the leading position of the executive branch of the department, the office of the intendente .

Web links

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

• www.flores.org.uy
• Flores in the Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Diccionario enciclopédico mega siglo XXI by Mabel Pachón R. (Spanish), accessed on November 25, 2012.
2. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub : Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay. Montevideo 1980, p. 35.
3. ↑ data on flores.org.uy
4. ↑ 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.  
5. ↑ 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)  
6. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012