San Javier (Uruguay)

San Javier
Coordinates: 32 ° 40 ′  S , 58 ° 8 ′  W San Javier​ San Javier on the map of Uruguay
Basic data
Country	Uruguay
Department	Río Negro
Residents	1781  (2011)
Detailed data
height	12  m
Waters	Uruguay River
City Presidency	Anibal Facchin
Monument on the Plaza de la Libertad , as a reminiscence of the Russian immigrants depicting a matryoshka consisting of five dolls .

San Javier is a city and a municipality in western Uruguay .

geography

The city is located in the 3rd sector of the Río Negro Department on the east bank of the Uruguay River , 35 kilometers (as the crow flies) north of Nuevo Berlín . The Esteros de Farapos National Park stretches along the Uruguay River between these two cities .

history

San Javier was founded in 1913 when 300 Russian families settled here. They were members of the " New Israel " sect , which was persecuted by Tsar Nicholas II . On November 17, 1964, Law 13.299 classified the place in the " Villa " category.

Residents

The population of San Javier was 1781 at the last census (2011) .

year	1963	1975	1985	1996	2004	2011
population	1158	940	1461	1358	1680	1781
source

politics

Mayor (Alcalde) of the municipality has been Anibal Facchin since 2015.

economy

The main branch of the economy is agriculture and especially the cultivation of sunflowers. The city is considered a pioneer in the production of sunflower oil in Uruguay. That is why a sunflower festival takes place in the community every year.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Municipio digital 2017 , accessed on September 7, 2017
2. ↑ El Observador, July 26, 2013 ( Spanish ), accessed September 6, 2017
3. ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on April 28, 2014
4. ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 127 kB)
5. ↑ 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; 591 kB) 
6. ↑ todo uruguay ( Spanish ), accessed September 6, 2017

Web links

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

• Information about the city on the Intendencia des Río Negro department (Spanish)
• City map of San Javier (PDF; 111 kB)