Casupá Explained

Official Name:Casupá
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
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1908
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:2402
Timezone:UTC -3
Coordinates:-34.0333°N -55.65°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:94100
Area Code Type:Dial plan
Area Code:+598 4311 (+4 digits)

Casupá is a town in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay.

Geography

The town is located on Route 7, around northeast of Montevideo.

History

Casupá was founded on 15 September 1908, and on 12 June 1924, it was declared "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 7.728. It was then elevated to the category of "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley No. 12.297.[1]

Population

In 2011, Casupá had a population of 2,402.[2]

Year Population
1963 2,044
1975 2,330
1985 2,351
1996 2,593
2004 2,668
2011 2,402
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEY N° 12.297 . República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo . 1956 . 27 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201131/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12297 . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Censos 2011 Cuadros Florida . 2012 . INE . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041429/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Florida/P_3_FLA.xls . 10 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  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 . 13 November 2009 . INE . 2012 . PDF . 4 September 2012 .