Paso de los Toros
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Coordinates: 32 ° 49 ′ S , 56 ° 30 ′ W
Paso de los Toros on the map of Uruguay
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| Department | Tacuarembó |
| City foundation | 1903 |
| Residents | 12,985 (2011) |
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| height | 43 m |
| Post Code | 45100 |
| Time zone | UTC −3 |
| City Presidency | Juan José López |
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Paso de los Toros (literally Pass of the Bulls ) is a city in Uruguay .
location
It is located in the center of Uruguay on the Río Negro in the Tacuarembó department . To the west is the Baygorria reservoir, to the east is the Rincón del Bonete hydropower plant on the reservoir of the same name. Its distance to the southern state capital Montevideo , with which it is connected via the Ruta 5 , is around 250 km.
history
On July 1, 1953, Paso de los Toros was given Ciudad (city) status by Law No. 11,952 ( Ley 11,952 ).
City administration
Mayor ( Alcalde ) of Paso de los Toros is Juan José López Sanchez .
Residents
With 12,985 inhabitants (as of 2011; 13,315 [1996]), 6,211 of them male and 6,774 female, it is the second largest city in the department after the capital Tacuarembó .
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 9,522 |
| 1975 | 13,032 |
| 1985 | 13,026 |
| 1996 | 13,315 |
| 2004 | 13,231 |
| 2011 | 12,985 |
Source:
sons and daughters of the town
- Nelson Acosta (* 1944), soccer player and coach
- Fernando Arismendi (* 1991), football player
- Mario Benedetti (1920–2009), writer
- Washington Camacho (* 1986), soccer player
- Florencio Faustino González , politician of the Partido Colorado
- Rómulo Mangini
- Nelson Olveira (* 1974), football player and coach
- Fabián O'Neill (* 1973), football player
- Leandro Otormín (* 1996), football player
- Víctor Púa (* 1956), football player and coach
- Wilson Ramirez
Others
Paso de los Toros is also the name of a carbonated soda drink popular in Uruguay made by PepsiCo, Inc.
Web links
- www.pasodelostoros.com
- Information about the city and its history on www.pasodelostoros.8m.com
- City map of Paso de los Toros (PDF; 152 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Postal code directory of the Uruguayan Post
- ↑ Information on the city's official website
- ↑ "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" on the website of the Uruguayan Congress of Directors ( Memento of March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 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 ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2009 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. (PDF; 639 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963-1996 ( MS Word ; 148 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay - status 2004 ( MS Excel ; 38 kB), accessed on October 24, 2010
