Zapicán

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Zapicán
Coordinates: 33 ° 32 ′  S , 54 ° 56 ′  W
Map: Uruguay
marker
Zapicán
Zapicán on the map of Uruguay
Basic data
Country Uruguay
Department Lavalleja
City foundation 1887 (by Pablo Fernández )
Residents 553  (2011)
Detailed data
Post Code 30301

Zapicán is a place in Uruguay .

geography

It is located in the Cuchilla de Palomeque in the north of the Lavalleja department in sector 11 , southeast of José Batlle y Ordóñez . The departmental capital Minas to the south is 123 kilometers away.

history

The village was founded in 1887 by Pablo Fernández .

Infrastructure

In the southern part of the village, the Ruta 40 and the Ruta 14 meet. The Montevideo - Nico Pérez - Río Branco railway runs through Zapicán . The area around Zapicán is characterized by extensive livestock farming.

Residents

The population of Zapicán is 553 (as of 2011), of which 291 are male and 262 are female. Since 1963, Zapicán has seen a steady population decline.

year Residents
1963 840
1975 759
1985 670
1996 602
2004 640
2011 553

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Utilidades y Servicios en Lavalleja ( Memento of the original of October 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / usuarios.multimania.es
  2. Division of the Department, page 17 of the PDF file
  3. Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 27, 2012
  4. Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 27 kB)
  5. Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay - Censo 2004 ( MS Excel ; 35 kB) accessed on October 21, 2010