Mercedes (Uruguay)
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Coordinates: 33 ° 15 ′ S , 58 ° 2 ′ W Mercedes on the map of Uruguay
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| Country |
 Uruguay
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| Department | Soriano | |
| City foundation | 1788 by Manuel Antonio de Castro y Careaga | |
| Residents | 41,974 | |
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| height | 28 m | |
| Post Code | 75000 | |
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Mercedes is the capital of the Soriano Department in Uruguay . It is located 278 km northwest of the state capital Montevideo on the south bank of the Rio Negro in western Uruguay near the border with Argentina.
Residents
The city has 41,974 inhabitants (as of 2011).
| year | Residents |
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| 1953 | 34,000 |
| 1963 | 31,358 |
| 1975 | 34,512 |
| 1985 | 36,701 |
| 1996 | 39,320 |
| 2004 | 42,032 |
| 2011 | 41,974 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay; for 1953: populstat.info; for 2011: 2011 census
history
The city, founded in 1788 by Manuel Antonio de Castro y Careaga under the name Capilla Nueva de las Mercedes , ousted Villa Soriano in 1857 and is now the capital of the province. It is both the provincial capital and its cultural center. On July 6, 1857, Law No. 531 gave it the status of "Ciudad" and instead of Villa Soriano it became the capital of the Department of Soriano.
On December 17, 1960, the Roman Catholic diocese of Mercedes was established, the main church of which is the neoclassical cathedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes , built in 1867 .
Economy and Transport
Mercedes is an important center for trade and has an important port. The main industries are agriculture and paper manufacture.
The highway Ruta 21 runs through the city and here is the western end of the Ruta 14 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Luis Aguiar (born 1985), football player
- Pedro Blanes Viale (1878–1926), painter
- Ángel Rubén Cabrera (1939-2010), football player
- William Castro (born 1962), football player
- José Maria Cavallero (1899–1963), Bishop of Minas
- Juan Francisco Costa (* 1947), writer
- Héctor Hugo Eugui (* 1947), football player and coach
- Cyro Giambruno (1898–1948), politician
- Martin Gramajo , pianist
- Eduardo Víctor Haedo (1901–1970), journalist and politician
- Juan Idiarte Borda (1844–1897), President of Uruguay from 1894 to 1897
- Ildo Maneiro (* 1947), soccer coach and former soccer player
- Roberto Matosas (* 1940), football player and coach
- Luis Bernardo Pozzolo (1930–2003), politician
- Juan Ignacio Ramírez (born 1997), football player
- Guillermo Reyes (* 1986), football player
- Leonel Rocca (1915-1965), cyclist
- Guillermo Ruggia (1896–1971), politician
- Enzo Ruíz (* 1988), football player
- Carlos Federico Sáez (1878–1901), painter
- Henry Trujillo (* 1965), writer
- Francisco Mario Ubillos (1906–1997), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Censos 2011 → Soriano → Población ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2017 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.
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 78 kB)
- ↑ populstat.info
- ↑ Censos 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2017 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.
