Aceguá, Uruguay

Aceguá
Town
Aceguá

Location in Uruguay

Coordinates: 31°52′0″S 54°10′0″W / 31.86667°S 54.16667°W / -31.86667; -54.16667Coordinates: 31°52′0″S 54°10′0″W / 31.86667°S 54.16667°W / -31.86667; -54.16667
Country  Uruguay
Department Cerro Largo
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,511
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 37001
Dial plan +598 46 (+6 digits)

Aceguá is the Uruguayan part of a town in the Cerro Largo Department of eastern Uruguay.

Location

It is located on Route 8, on the border with Brazil. The border between Uruguay and Brazil passes though the town and the two parts are separated by an international street.

History

Its status was raised from populated centre to "Pueblo" (village) on 23 December 1941 by decree Ley 10.101[1] and then to "Villa" (town) on 14 April 1986 by decree Ley 15.810.[2]

Population

In 2011 Aceguá had a population of 1,511.[3]

Year Population
1908 3.766
1963 464
1975 929
1985 1,302
1996 1,432
2004 1,493
2011 1,511

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]

Places of worship

References

  1. ↑ "LEY N° 10.101". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1941. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "LEY N° 15.810". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1968. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Cerro Largo". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)" (PDF). INE. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.