Chamizo Explained

Official Name:Chamizo
Settlement Type:Village
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:540
Timezone:UTC -3
Coordinates:-34.25°N -55.9333°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:90602
Area Code Type:Dial plan
Area Code:+598 4319 (+4 digits)

Chamizo is a village in the Florida Department of central Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located on the intersection of Route 6 with Route 94, about from the centre of Montevideo.

History

It was declared a "Pueblo" (village) on 21 November 1931 by the Act of Ley Nº 8.796.

Population

In 2011 Chamizo had a population of 540.[1]

Year Population
1908 6.030
1963 474
1975 533
1985 447
1996 442
2004 587
2011 540
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censos 2011 Florida (needs flash plugin) . 2012 . INE . 31 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) . 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 . 7 September 2012 .
  3. Web site: 1963–1996 Statistics / C . Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay . 2004 . DOC . 10 July 2011 . 15 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615014550/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraC.doc . dead .