Paso de los Toros

Paso de los Toros on the map of Uruguay

Paso de los Toros (literally Pass of the bulls ) is a city in Uruguay.

Location

It is located in the center of Uruguay on the Rio Negro in the department Tacuarembó. West is the Baygorria Reservoir, east is the hydroelectric plant Rincón del Bonete to find the same reservoir. Your distance south to the state capital of Montevideo, with which it is connected via the Ruta 5, is approximately 250 km.

History

On July 1, 1953 Paso de los Toros received by Law No. 11,952 (Ley 11,952 ) the status of a Ciudad (city).

City ​​council

Mayor ( alcalde ) of Paso de los Toros is Juan José López Sanchez.

Population

It is equipped with 12,985 inhabitants (as of 2011; 13,315 ), of which 6,211 male and 6,774 female, the second largest after the capital city of the department of Tacuarembó.

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Sons and daughters of the town

  • Nelson Acosta ( born 1944 ), football player and coach
  • Mario Benedetti (1920-2009), writer
  • Florencio Faustino González, politicians, the Partido Colorado
  • Rómulo Mangini
  • Fabián O'Neill (born 1973 ), football player
  • Víctor Púa ( b. 1956 ), football player and coach
  • Wilson Ramírez

Others

Paso de los Toros is also the name of a popular carbonated soft drink in Uruguay drink of PepsiCo, Inc..

Departamento Departments of Uruguay Route 5 (Uruguay) Colorado Party (Uruguay)
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