Fray Bentos

Fray Bentos
Coordinates: 33 ° 8 ′  S , 58 ° 18 ′  W Fray Bentos​ Fray Bentos on the map of Uruguay
Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Department	Río Negro
City foundation	April 16, 1859
Residents	24,406  (2011)
City insignia
Detailed data
height	23  m
Post Code	65000
prefix	+056
City Presidency	Dr Omar Lafluf Hebeich
Website	www.fraybentos.derionegro.com.uy
Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar

Fray Bentos is the capital of the Río Negro department in Uruguay .

geography

Fray Bentos borders the east bank of the Uruguay River (Río Uruguay) and is around 34 km from the southeastern city of Mercedes .

history

Memorial to Liebig's Extract of Meat Company in Fray Bentos (2007)

Fray Bentos was founded in 1853 as Villa Independencia . From 1861 onwards, large quantities of meat extract were produced in Fray Bentos by the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company using the method of the German chemist Justus von Liebig . Fray Bentos has lost its importance as the center of the meat industry since the 1930s. The resulting industrial landscape, however, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015 .

Infrastructure

The road bridge Puente Libertador General San Martín opened in 1976 over the Río Uruguay, which connects Fray Bentos with the Argentine Puerto Unzué and which has the shortest land connection to Buenos Aires , the capital of the neighboring country, is an important traffic connection .

The Ruta 2 trunk road , which begins near Rosario in the south of the country, ends in Fray Bentos .

Residents

At the 2011 census, Fray Bentos had 24,406 residents.

year	Residents
1963	17,136
1975	19,407
1985	19,862
1996	21,959
2004	23,122
2011	24,406

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

sons and daughters of the town

• Pablo Aurrecochea (* 1981), football player
• José Pedro Barrán (1934–2009), historian
• Daniel Bianchi (* 1956), journalist
• Carlos Canzani (* 1953), singer
• Xavier Civitate (born 1991), football player
• Gonzalo Díaz (born 1966), football player
• Federico Elduayen (* 1977), football player
• Carlos Fischer (1903–1969), President of the National Council 1958–1959
• Wálter Pelletti (born 1966), football player
• Gastón Ramírez (* 1990), football player
• Jorge Ramírez (* 1986), football player
• Juan Manuel Tenuta (1924–2013), actor
• Juan José Timón (1937-2001), racing cyclist
• Excequiel Vázquez (* 1991), football player
• Lucas Torreira (* 1996), football player

Web links

Commons : Fray Bentos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fray Bentods on the site of the Rio Negro department (Spanish)
• City map by Fray Bentos (PDF; 158 kB)
• http://www.fraybentos.com.uy/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Date taken from the city's official website ( memento of the original dated December 9, 2008 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.  
2. ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Site , accessed October 18, 2018
3. ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on April 28, 2014
4. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 78 kB)
5. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 591 kB)