Valle Edén Explained

Official Name:	Valle Edén
Settlement Type:	Hamlet
Pushpin Map:	Uruguay
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Uruguay
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Uruguay
Subdivision Type1:	Department
Subdivision Name1:	Tacuarembó Department
Timezone:	UTC -3
Coordinates:	-31.8233°N -56.1772°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Area Code Type:	Dial plan

Valle Edén is a hamlet in the valley of the same name in Tacuarembó Department, Uruguay.

Location

The hamlet is situated on the railroad track Montevideo - Tacuarembó - Rivera, about one kilometre south of km.210 of Route 26 and southwest of the city of Tacuarembó. Its nearest populated place is Tambores, about by road to its southwest.

Landmarks

The hamlet includes a train station, a police station, a school (Escuela 23) and a museum, the Museo Carlos Gardel dedicated to Carlos Gardel, the famous tango singer, songwriter and actor.^[1] Uruguayans claim that Gardel was born here.^{[2] [3]} Scholarly consensus is that Gardel was born in Toulouse, France.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Louis. Regis St. Bao. Sandra. Gregor Clark, Aimee Dowl. South America on a shoestring. registration. 25 December 2011. 3 March 2010. Lonely Planet. 978-1-74104-923-7. 895–.
2. Web site: En Argentina no dejan en paz a Gardel . José Esteves . 4 October 2012 . Spanish . El País Digital . 4 October 2012.
3. Web site: Nos contaron algo que no tiene nada que ver con Gardel . Victoria Molnar . October 2012 . Spanish . El País Digital . 21 October 2012.
4. Web site: Fin del misterio: muestran la partida de nacimiento de Gardel. End of the mystery: they show Gardel's birth certificate. Spanish. Verónica Dema. September 20, 2012. La Nación. October 3, 2012.
5. Book: Collier, Simon . The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel . registration . 5 . University of Pittsburgh Press . 1986 . 0822984989.
6. Book: Julián . Barsky . Osvaldo . Barsky . Gardel: La biografía . Taurus . 2004 . 9870400132 . Spanish.
7. Book: Ruffinelli, Jorge . Jorge Ruffinelli

   . La sonrisa de Gardel: Biografía, mito y ficción . 31 . Jorge Ruffinelli . Ediciones Trilce . 2004 . 9974323568 . Spanish.