San Jose de Mayo
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Coordinates: 34 ° 20 ′ S , 56 ° 43 ′ W San Jose de Mayo on the map of Uruguay
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| Country |
 Uruguay
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| Department |
 San Jose
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| City foundation | June 1, 1783 | |
| Residents | 36,747 (2011) | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| height | 51 m | |
| Post Code | 80000 | |
| prefix | +034 | |
| City Presidency | Juan Chiruchi | |
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San José de Mayo is the capital of the Department of San José .
San José is located in the center of the San José Department on the San José River and is a regional commercial and financial center. Another important branch of the economy is the agricultural industry.
history
The city was founded on June 1, 1783 and became a commercial and cultural center in the 19th century and known as Montevideo chico (Little Montevideo ). In 1825 the city was then for a short time the provisional capital of Uruguay.
On June 19, 1894 , the foundation stone for the first monument in honor of José Gervasio Artigas in the country was laid on the Plaza Independencia in San José . However, construction was delayed for a few years and the monument was only opened on August 25, 1898 .
The Catedral Basílica de San José de Mayo is located in the city at Plaza Treinta y Tres . The diocese of San José de Mayo has its seat here.
San José de Mayo, 1998
Plaza de los Treinta y Tres Orientales with the cathedral
Intendencia Municipal
San José de Mayo train station
Residents
The population of San José de Mayo was 36,747 at the 2011 census, of which 17,562 were men and 19,185 were women.
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 27,482 |
| 1975 | 28,554 |
| 1985 | 31,825 |
| 1996 | 34,552 |
| 2004 | 36,339 |
| 2011 | 36,747 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
sons and daughters of the town
- Edward Johnston (1872–1944), British calligrapher
- Francisco Canaro (1880 / 88–1964), musician and tango composer
- Ismael Cortinas (1884–1940), politician, journalist and playwright
- Pedro Cersósimo (1921–1996), politician
- Daniel Chavarría (1933–2018), writer, translator and lecturer
- Hugo Nantes (1933–2009), painter and sculptor
- Luis Pedro Serra (1934–1992), cyclist
- Juan Chiruchi (* 1947), politician
- Omar Gutiérrez (1948–2018), Uruguayan radio and television reporter
- Carlos Curbelo (* 1954), football player (two-time national player for France)
- José Moreira (* 1958), football player
- Jaime Clara (* 1965), journalist and cartoonist
- José Luis Falero (* 1966), politician and transport company
- Malena Muyala (* 1971), singer and composer
- Cristian Rosales (1978-2011), track and field athlete
- Salvador Ichazo (* 1992), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uruguayan postal code directory , accessed on March 23, 2012
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ↑ Information about the cathedral on the website of the diocese
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 28, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 127 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 2004 as XLS file