La Pedrera (Tacuarembó)
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Coordinates: 31 ° 44 ′ S , 56 ° 2 ′ W La Pedrera on the map of Uruguay
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Uruguay | |
| Department | Tacuarembó | |
| Residents | 240 (2011) | |
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| Post Code | 45000 | |
La Pedrera is a town in Uruguay .
geography
La Pedrera is located in the northern part of Uruguay in the Tacuarembó department in sector 1 . The place is located southwest of the department capital Tacuarembó and a few kilometers southeast of Cerro de Pastoreo in the Cuchilla de la Aldea . Not far south of the village flows the Arroyo Tranqueras , to the north the Arroyo de la Matutina rises . A few kilometers south to southwest lie above the Arroyo Tambores , a tributary of the Arroyo Tranqueras, the Cerro del Bombero , the Cerro Agudo , the Cerro de las Boleadoras and the Cerro del Monte . The closest settlement in the southeast is Paso Bonilla .
Residents
At the 2011 Census, the population of La Pedrera was 240, of which 127 were male and 113 were female. The Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay did not collect any data for the 1963 and 1975 censuses .
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | - |
| 1975 | - |
| 1985 | 340 |
| 1996 | 200 |
| 2004 | 267 |
| 2011 | 240 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
Web links
- City map of La Pedrera (PDF; 262 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Postcode directory of the Uruguayan Post , accessed on March 18, 2012
- ↑ The INE contradicts itself here and names sector 6 instead of sector 1. In the INE maps, however, the location is recorded in sector 1.
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 23, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 123 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay - status 2004 ( MS Excel ; 38 kB), accessed on October 24, 2010