Nueva Palmira
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Coordinates: 33 ° 53 ′ S , 58 ° 25 ′ W Nueva Palmira on the map of Uruguay
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| Department | Colonia | |
| City foundation | October 26, 1831 | |
| Residents | 9857 (2011) | |
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| Waters | Uruguay River | |
| Post Code | 70101 | |
| prefix | +054 | |
| City Presidency | Andres Passarino | |
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Nueva Palmira is a city in southwest Uruguay .
geography
The city is located in the Colonia department on the eastern bank of the Uruguay River , which also forms the border with neighboring Argentina , and across from the Paraná River delta . It is located northwest of the city of Carmelo . On the northern border of the city, which is formed by the Arroyo del Sauce , the border with the Soriano department runs . The distance to the southeastern capital Montevideo is about 280 km.
history
The city was founded on October 26, 1831 by Felipe Santiago Torres Leiva . In the 1990s, the port of Nueva Palmira was made available to Bolivia , but never used on the Bolivian side. The agreement on free use was renewed under Presidents Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Tabaré Vázquez (Uruguay). The incumbent Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica declared in 2010: “We offered Bolivia access to the Atlantic.” Nueva Palmira is now considered Bolivian “access to the sea”.
Infrastructure
education
With the Liceo de Nueva Palmira "Dr. Medulio Pérez Fontana" founded in 1941, Nueva Palmira has a secondary school ( Liceo ).
economy
Due to its strategic location in the delta of the rivers Río Uruguay and Río Paraná and their transition into the Río de la Plata , the city has an important port in the region.
Residents
With a population of 9,857 (as of 2011), of which 4,852 are male and 5,005 female, it is one of the larger cities within the department.
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 6,306 |
| 1975 | 7.146 |
| 1985 | 7.151 |
| 1996 | 8,339 |
| 2004 | 9,230 |
| 2011 | 9,857 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of Nueva Palmira is Andres Passarino .
sons and daughters of the town
- Joaquín Aguirre (born 1991), football player
- Álvaro Fernández (* 1985), football player
- Claudio Flores (* 1976), football player
- Gianni Guigou (* 1975), football player
- Nicolás Guirin (* 1995), football player
- Sergio Rochet (* 1993), football player
Web links
- City Internet information portal (Spanish)
- Information about the city on welcomeuruguay.com (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the city's history on nuevapalmira.net ( Memento of the original from May 1, 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.
- ↑ a b Mujica opens the way
- ↑ Uruguay, Bolivia: Uruguay's ports provide Bolivia with access to the Atlantic
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 7.3 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on October 6, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 40 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay (PDF; 494 kB)
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
