General Enrique Martínez Explained

Official Name:General Enrique Martínez
Other Name:La Charqueada
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:Treinta y Tres Department
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1914
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1430
Timezone:UTC -3
Coordinates:-33.2067°N -53.8053°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:33002
Area Code Type:Dial plan
Area Code:+598 4458 (+4 digits)

General Enrique Martínez, also known as La Charqueada, is a village in the Treinta y Tres Department of eastern Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located at the east end of Route 17, and the south end of Route 91, situated on the north bank of Cebollatí River and west of the mouth of the stream Arroyo del Parao. A small pontoon ferry connects across the Cebollatí River with a secondary street of, which joins it with Cebollatí of Rocha Department.

History

It was founded in April 1914 and was the head of the judicial section "Ceibos". Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 15 October 1963 by the Act of Ley Nº 13.167.[1]

Population

In 2011 it had a population of 1,430.[2]

Year Population
1908 4,374
1963 931
1975 956
1985 979
1996 1,342
2004 1,513
2011 1,430
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

Economy

The economy based on agriculture, with extensive rice fields that make up part of the landscape, livestock and fish. Tourism is also important. It has a port that served to start trade with Brazil, exporting jerky products, which prompted the town to recently be renamed (La Charqueada).

Places of worship

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ley Nº 13.167 . República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo . 1963 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216210424/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13167 . 16 February 2015 .
  2. Web site: Censos 2011 Cuadros Trenta y Tres . 2012 . INE . 25 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041734/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Treinta%20y%20Tres/P_3_TYT.xls . 10 October 2012 .
  3. 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 . 13 November 2009 . INE . 2012 .