Lavalleja Depairtment

Lavalleja Depairtment
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Kintra	Uruguay
Caipital o Depairtment	Minas
Govrenment
• Intendant	Adriana Peña
• Rulin pairty	Partido Nacional
Area
• Total	10,016 km2 (3,867 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	58,815
• Density	5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Serrano
Time zone	UTC-3 (UYT)
ISO 3166 code	UY-LA
Website	lavalleja.gub.uy

The Depairtment o Lavalleja is a depairtment o Uruguay. The caipital is Minas. It is locatit in the sootheast o the kintra, bordered tae the north bi the depairtment o Treinta y Tres tae the east wi Rocha, tae the sooth wi Canelones an Maldonado, an tae the wast tae Florida.

The depairtment is namit in honour o Brigadier Juan Antonio Lavalleja, who haed distinguished militar an poleetical action in the kintra's unthirldom.

History

The depairtment wis creatit on Juin 16, 1837, wi pairt o Cerro Largo an Maldonado depairtments. It wis first named as Minas. In March 1888, it wis asked that the Chamber o Deputies raised the settlement hierarchy o the veelage o Minas tae be a toun an tae chynge the depairtment's name tae Lavalleja. The first wis appruivit. Frae then, an till December 26, 1927, when the name wis chyngit tae Lavalleja, widespread debates aboot the matter wur held. There wis poleetical will tae designate a depairtment unner the name o the heid o the Liberation Crusade, but no at the expense o Minas, even considerin creatin a new depairtment named Lavalleja, being rejectit efterwards.

Population an Demografics

As o the census o 2004, there wur 60,925 fowk an 20,737 hoosehaulds in the depairtment. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.9. For ivery 100 females, there wur 99.1 males.

• Population growth rate: -0.157% (2004)
• Birth Rate: 14.57 births/1,000 fowk (2004)
• Daith Rate: 10.49 daiths/1,000 fowk
• Average age: 34.8 (33.5 Males, 36.1 Females)
• Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
  • Total population: 76.01 year
  • Male: 71.87 year
  • Female: 80.31 year
• Average Family Size: 2.31 childer/wumman
• Urban per caipita income (ceeties o 5,000 inhabitants or mair): 4,316.8 pesos/month

Ceeties, touns an veelages

Population statit as per 2004 census.

Ceety / Toun	Population
Minas	37,925
José Pedro Varela	5,332
Solís de Mataojo	2,676
José Batlle y Ordóñez	2.424
Mariscala	1,674
Pirarajá	967
Zapicán	640

Landwart population

Accordin tae the 2004 census, Lavalleja depairtment haes an additional Landwart poulation o 8,033.

See an aa

• Leet o populatit places in Uruguay#Lavalleja Depairtment

Freemit airtins

• INE map o Lavalleja Depairtment