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.
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.
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]
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 |
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).