Capilla del Sauce explained

Official Name:Capilla del Sauce
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Uruguay
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uruguay
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uruguay
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Florida Department
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:835
Timezone:UTC -3
Coordinates:-33.4667°N -55.6306°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:94008
Area Code Type:Dial plan
Area Code:+598 4318 (+4 digits)

Capilla del Sauce is a small town in the north part of Florida Department of central Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Km. 190 of Route 6, about south of Sarandí del Yí of Durazno Department.

History

The group of houses of this area was declared a village on 26 May 1924, by decree Ley N° 7.718. On 5 July 1956, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by decree Ley N° 12.298.[1]

Population

In 2011 Capilla del Sauce had a population of 835.[2]

Year Population
1963 604
1975 777
1985 670
1996 775
2004 877
2011 835
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEY N° 12.298 . República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo . 1956 . 20 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105055/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12298 . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Censos 2011 Florida (needs flash plugin) . 2012 . INE . 31 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091113143716/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf . dead . 2009-11-13 . INE . 2012 . PDF . 4 September 2012 .