La Aguada

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Location of La Aguada in Montevideo
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La Aguada is a district ( barrio ) of the Uruguayan capital Montevideo .

location

It is close to the city center, north of the Barrios Centro and Cordón . To the west is the area of ​​the port of Montevideo , which is part of the Ciudad Vieja . In the east the barrio borders Villa Muñoz - Retiro , while to the north Reducto and Capurro - Bella Vista are located. The area of ​​the district becomes Grail from the north in a clockwise direction starting from the streets . Aguilar , Avenida Millán , Blandengues , Avenida Gral. Flores , Dr. Juan José Amézaga , Arenal Grande , La Paz , Gaboto , Miguelete , Rambla Sudamérica , Gral. Caraballo and Mendoza delimited. The area of La Aguada is the Municipalities B and C allocated.

Residents

There are currently 17,983 inhabitants here (as of 2005)

history

The origin of the name, which dates back to the middle of the 18th century, lies in the various sources that existed there at that time, such as the Fuente de las Canarias or Pozos del Rey . Until the middle of the 19th century, La Aguada was a partly rural district. Nowadays, however, it is one of the most populous neighborhoods in Montevideo.

Infrastructure and description

Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen

In the center of the quarter is the Palacio Legislativo , the seat of the Uruguayan parliament, inaugurated on August 25, 1925, onto which Avenida Libertador Brig. Grail from the south-westerly direction . Lavalleja comes across. In addition, the Estación Central General Artigas is the now disused central station of Montevideos. Another striking building in this part of Montevideo is the Torre de las Telecomunicaciones . The Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen , which was the seat of the Primer Asamblea Nacional Constituyente , the first constituent national assembly, is also historically significant within the barrio .

education

The Instituto de Profesores Artigas is also located in La Aguada . The Escuela de Hotelería and the Escuela Arroyo Seco of the CETP-UTU and the kindergarten "Enriqueta Compte y Riqué" founded by the teacher of the same name at the end of the 19th century are also located here " .

economy

The energy supplier UTE is based not far east of the port in the Palacio de la Luz and its data center ( UTE-Centro de Computos ) is located two blocks south-east in the barrio.

Sports

The basketball club Club Atlético Aguada is also based in La Aguada .

  • Front view of the Estación Central General Artigas

  • The disused central station

  • Palacio Legislativo

  • Avenida Libertador

  • Torre de las Telecomunicaciones , also known as Torre Antel

Web links

Commons : Aguada  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map of the Uruguayan National Statistics Institute for the classification of the barrios of Montevideo (PDF; 1.6 MB), accessed on May 3, 2014
  2. ↑ Information about Aguada on the Intendencia de Montevideo website ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.montevideo.gub.uy
  3. ↑ Official website of the Instituto de Profesores Artigas ( Memento of the original of November 22, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dfpd.edu.uy

Coordinates: 34 ° 53 ′ 35 ″  S , 56 ° 11 ′ 22 ″  W