Salto Depairtment

Salto Depairtment
Salto Depairtment
	Banner Coat airms
Kintra	Uruguay
Caipital o Depairtment	Salto
Govrenment
• Intendant	Germán Coutinho
• Rulin pairty	Partido Colorado
Area
• Total	14,163 km2 (5,468 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	124,878
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UYT)
ISO 3166 code	UY-SA
Website	salto.gub.uy

Salto Depairtment is a depairtment o the northwastren region o Uruguay. It haes an aurie o 14,163 km² (5,468 sq mi) an a population o 124,878. Its caipital is the ceety o Salto. It borders Artigas Depairtment tae its north, Paysandú Depairtment tae its sooth, the depairtments o Rivera an Tacuarembó tae its east an haes the Río Uruguay flowin at its wast, separatin it frae Argentinae.

History

The first diveesion o the Republic in sax depairtments happened on 27 Januar 1816. Twa mair depairtments wur formit later in that year. At the time, Paysandú Depairtment includit aw the territory north o the Río Negro, which includit the actual depairtments o Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. On 17 Juin 1837 a new diveesion o Uruguay wis made an the depairtment o Salto wis creatit includin the actual Artigas Depairtment. Its feenal borders wur defined on 1 October 1884, whan the Artigas Depairtment wis separatit frae Salto bi the Act o Ley Nº 1854.

Population an demographics

As o the 2011 census, Salto Depairtment haed a population o 124,878 (61,071 male an 63,807 female) an 42,486 hoosehaulds.^[1]

Demografic data for Florida Depairtment in 2010:

Population growthe rate: 0.552%
Birth Rate: 17.32 births/1,000 fowk
Daith Rate: 8.26 daiths/1,000 fowk
Average age: 29.0 (27.6 male, 30.3 female)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Total population: 75.03 year
- Male: 72.07 year
- Female: 78.20 year
Average per hoosehauld income: 23,390 pesos/month
Urban per caipita income: 8,409 pesos/month

2010 Data Source:^[2]

Main Urban Centres

Ither touns an veelages

Population gien according to the 2011 census.^[3]

Ceety / Toun	Population
Salto	104,028
Constitución	2,762
Belén	1,926
Colonia Lavalleja (Migliaro+Lluveras)	956 (733+223)
San Antonio	877

Toun / Veelage	Population
Colonia 18 de Julio	750
Albisu	544
Rincón de Valentín	481
Colonia Itapebí	460
Termas del Daymán	356
Garibaldi	354
Biassini	345

Rural population

Accordin tae the preliminar results o the 2011 census, Salto depairtment haes a landwart population o 7,849.^[1]

Map o the depairtment

Topografic map o Salto Depairtment showin main populatit places an roads

Govrenment

The executive pouer is exercisit bi the Intendencia Municipal de Salto. The Intendant is electit ivery five year wi the possibility o reelection.

The follaein municipalities hae been formit in Salto Depairtment:

Tourism

There are Mineral spas at Termas del Daymán an Termas del Arapey. The displays in Museo del Hombre y la Tecnología demonstrate man's interaction wi technologie.

See an aw

Leet o populatit places in Uruguay#Salto Depairtment
Detailed map o Salto Depairtment (800x525px)
showin maist populatit places an seicontar roads.
See full size version in Commons.

References

↑ ^a ^b "Censos 2011 Salto (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
↑ "Uruguay en cifras" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. 2011. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Salto". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

Freemit airtins

INE map o Salto Depairtment Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine

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[pop-1] "Censos 2011 Salto (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[2] "Uruguay en cifras" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. 2011. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[3] "Censos 2011 Cuadros Salto". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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