Montevideo Department

- 34.833333333333 - 56.166666666667Koordinaten: 34 ° 50 ' S, 56 ° 10' W

Montevideo is the smallest area, but most populous of the nineteen departments of the South American country Uruguay. The department consists of the eponymous city of Montevideo, which is both the capital of the state as well as the department, and some satellite cities such as Santiago Vázquez. It is not congruent with the Zona metropolitana de Montevideo, which includes cities in the surrounding departments include.

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Geography

Location

The expansion of an area of 525.5 km ² comprising the department is located in the south of the country on the Rio de la Plata and adjacent to the departments of San José and Canelones. More than half of this area is occupied by a rural area, the highest point reached the Departamento on 132 m high Cerro de Montevideo. In the south of the department has a 67 km long coastline on the Río de la Plata.

Mineral resources

On the Departamentogebiet located in Carrasco Limos deposits.

Population

About 40 % of the population of Uruguay, over 1.3 million people, concentrated in the Department of Montevideo; with a population density of 2,523 inhabitants per km ², it is therefore also the most densely populated. In census 2004 456.587 households were counted; the growth rate was 0.047 %, the average age of 33.8 years.

While in 2004 so still 1,325,968 inhabitants were counted, was found in the context of the census of 2011, population 1,319,108. Of these, 613 990 men and 705 014 women.

History

The department was founded in January 1816 as one of the original six of the Banda Oriental, no longer changes its borders since 1835. In 1990 a process of decentralization of the department was initiated, since the department is administratively divided into 18 zonas or distritos. These individual zones each have a Centro Comunal Zonal ( CCZ ) called municipal center. In addition, are to promote and control the local plan established in 1993, called the Juntas Locales local parliaments and a little later established neighborhood councils ( councils Vecinales Assesores ) are available.

Policy

Current incumbent in the function of Intendente of the department since its election on May 9, 2010 Ana Olivera of the Frente Amplio, which replaced its been in office since February 26, 2010 predecessor Hyara Rodríguez.

Infrastructure

Education

The Department of Montevideo has a total of 69 secondary schools ( Liceos ) in which 143 821 students are taught by 5,808 teachers. The oldest Liceo of the department is established in 1911, the Liceo N º 35 " Instituto Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo ". (As of December 2008)

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