Maldonado (city)

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Maldonado
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′  S , 54 ° 57 ′  W
Map: Uruguay
marker
Maldonado​
Maldonado on the map of Uruguay
Basic data
Country UruguayUruguay Uruguay
Department Maldonado
City foundation 1755
Residents 62,592  (2011)
City insignia
Bandera de la Ciudad de Maldonado.svg
Detailed data
height 24  m
Post Code 20000
prefix +042
City Presidency Juan Carlos Bayeto
Maldonado Cathedral
Maldonado Cathedral
Pedestrian area in Maldonado
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
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:

Born in Maldonado

Web links

Commons : Maldonado, Uruguay  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulises Rubens Grub: Atlas geografico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Montevideo 1980, p. 35
  2. ↑ Thomas Binder: "South America 2 - Argentina - Chile - Uruguay - Paraguay", DuMont Buchverlag Cologne, 1978, p. 206
  3. ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ Statistical data ( memento of September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 27, 2012
  6. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 78 kB)
  7. ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as an xls file ( Memento from March 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Argentina) ( Memento of May 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Junta Maldonado ( Spanish )
  11. ↑ Gramado website (ptS)
  12. ^ Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP)