Maldonado (city)
Maldonado | ||
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Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ S , 54 ° 57 ′ W Maldonado on the map of Uruguay
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Basic data | ||
Country | Uruguay | |
Department | Maldonado | |
City foundation | 1755 | |
Residents | 62,592 (2011) | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
height | 24 m | |
Post Code | 20000 | |
prefix | +042 | |
City Presidency | Juan Carlos Bayeto | |
Maldonado Cathedral | ||
Pedestrian area in Maldonado |
Maldonado is the capital of the department of the same name in Uruguay .
geography
Maldonado is located 134 km east of the state capital Montevideo and borders the seaside resort of Punta del Este in the southeast . The city center is located around three kilometers from the coast of the Río de la Plata inland. To the east of Maldonado, the river Arroyo Maldonado flows into the river Arroyo Maldonado, which flows a few kilometers away into the South Atlantic . Limos are found near Maldonado.
history
The three natural harbors of the Río de la Plata in Maldonado, which the first seafarers discovered when they sailed into the wide estuary, ensured that the area was settled as early as 1600. However, the Spaniards did not discover the area for themselves until 1673. The city was founded by the governor of Montevideo Joaquin de Viana , who decided in 1755 to build a settlement on this site. When 104 settlers settled here in 1757, his ideas were fulfilled. The name of the city was later renamed San Fernando de Maldonado in honor of the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. At the end of the 19th century, when the lighthouse was already there, summer houses and the first hotel were built.
On January 10, 1966, the diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas was established with its seat in Maldonado. The Church of San Fernando was elevated to a cathedral .
Infrastructure
The central square of Maldonado is the Plaza de San Fernando de Maldonado . There is also the Maldonado Cathedral, construction of which began in 1801. It is furnished with an altar by Antonio Vega. The city is also home to the ruins of the dragoon barracks ( Cuartel de Dragones ) built in 1771 and the Torre del Vigia from 1800 .
education
Maldonado has five secondary schools ( Liceos ). These are the Liceo Nº 1 Department "Florencio Collazo" founded on April 15, 1913 , the Liceo Nº 2 de Maldonado (founded in 1992) in the Barrio El Molino , the Liceo Nº 3 de Maldonado (1996), the Liceo Nº 4 de Maldonado "Eduardo Víctor Haedo" (2001) in the Barrio Jardines de Córdoba and the Liceo Nº 5 de Maldonado (2003).
traffic
Maldonado has a bus station from which the bus companies COT and COPSA have regular connections to the state capital, Montevideo, but also to neighboring Punta del Este and other places. In addition, the Ruta Interbalnearia ends at Maldonado , which merges into the Rambla . El Jaguel Airport is not far from the city center . A few kilometers to the west is the international airport Capitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo, located between the Laguna del Sauce and Ruta Interbalnearia .
Sports
The Estadio Domingo Burgueño is located in Maldonado . This is where the Deportivo Maldonado football club plays its home games. During the South American Copa América 1995 , which was played in Uruguay, Maldonado was one of the four venues.
Culture
Maldonado is home to the Museo Mazzoni , Museo Didáctico Artiguista and Museo Museo San Fernando , among others . One of the few nudist beaches in Uruguay is located on the coast.
Residents
Maldonado had 62,592 inhabitants in 2011, of which 30,577 were male and 32,015 were female.
year | Residents |
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1963 | 15,372 |
1975 | 22,762 |
1985 | 33,535 |
1996 | 48,936 |
2004 | 54,603 |
2011 | 62,592 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of Maldonado is Juan Carlos Bayeto .
Town twinning
Maldonado is twinned with the following cities:
- Argentina , La Plata , since 1994
- United States , Miami-Dade County , Florida, since 1994
- Brazil , Gramado , since 1994
- Spain , Corvera de Asturias
Born in Maldonado
- Alberto Abdala (1920–1986), politician
- Héctor Aguilar (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Marcela Britos (* 1985), athlete
- Sebastián Canobra (* 1994), football player
- Federico Castellanos (* 1992), football player
- Jorge Cazulo (* 1982), Peruvian-Uruguayan football player
- Renato César (* 1993), football player
- Fernando Clavijo (1956-2019), football player
- Washington Díaz (* 1954), cyclist
- Mateo Figoli (* 1984), football player
- Dagoberto Fontes (* 1943), football player
- Rafael García (* 1989), football player
- Víctor Rafael García (* 1989), football player
- Juan Lladó (born 1996), football player
- Esteban Maga (* 1984), football player
- Carlos Méndez (* 1988), football player
- Maximiliano Moreira (* 1994), football player
- Federico Pérez (* 1994), football player
- Max Rauhofer (* 1990), soccer player
- Antonella Scanavino (* 1992), swimmer
- Francisco Techera (* 1994), football player
- Pablo Tejera (* 1996), football player
- Matías Tellechea (* 1992), football player
- Rodrigo Valiente (* 1989), football player
- Simón Vanderhoeght (* 1986), football player
- Miguel Ximénez (born 1977), football player
- Joaquín Zeballos (* 1996), football player
Web links
- History of Maldonado (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub: Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35
- ↑ Thomas Binder: "South America 2 - Argentina - Chile - Uruguay - Paraguay", DuMont Buchverlag Cologne, 1978, p. 206
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Statistical data ( memento of September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 27, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 78 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as an xls file ( Memento from March 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Argentina) ( Memento of May 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Junta Maldonado ( Spanish )
- ↑ Gramado website (ptS)
- ^ Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP)