Official Name: | Pueblo Lavalleja |
Other Name: | Colonia Lavalleja |
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: | Salto Department |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 956 (see text) |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -31.0972°N -57.025°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 50029 |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 4768 (+4 digits) |
Pueblo Lavalleja or Colonia Lavalleja is a village or populated centre in the sparsely populated north part of the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay. The two populated centres it comprises are called Migliaro and Lluveras.
Colonia Lavalleja is also the name of the municipality to which the village belongs.
The village is located between the rivers Río Arapey Grande and the Río Arapey Chico, about west of Route 4. About west of the village, there is a monument to Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
On 5 March 1860, it was recognized as "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 613.
Up to the census of 2004 Pueblo Lavalleja had a population of 1,049.[1] In the 2011 census, Migliaro (733 inh.) and Lluveras (223 inh.) were counted separately adding to a total of 956 inhabitants.[2]
Year | Population | |
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1908 | 4,172 | |
1963 | 188 | |
1975 | 148 | |
1985 | 249 | |
1996 | 713 | |
2004 | 1,049 | |
2011 | 956* |