Rosario (Uruguay)

Rosario on the map of Uruguay

Rosario, also known as Villa del Rosario, Rosario del Rosario Oriental or Colla is a city in the south of Uruguay.

  • 3.1 Education
  • 3.2 Media
  • 3.3 traffic

Geography

Location

It lies in the southeastern part of the Department of Colonia in its sector 3 The distance to the eastern state capital Montevideo is about 130 km. Just 60 km west of Rosario is Colonia del Sacramento, the capital of the department. In addition there is the nearby towns of Nueva Helvecia (northeast) and Colonia Valdense (southeast), and the towns of Paraje Minuano ( southwest), La Paz ( south-east ) and Barker (northwest). To the east of the situated 18 m above sea level urban area also flows the Río Rosario.

Mineral resources

In the area around Rosario resources exist of black granite.

History

Rosario was established on January 24, 1775 by Benito Herosa and is the only city of Spanish origin in the department of Colonia. On 17 August 1920, she was the legal regulation of the Ley no. Classified 7257 as Ciudad (city).

Infrastructure

Education

Rosario has founded in 1933 with the Liceo de Rosario " Agustín Urbano Indart Curutchet " about a high school ( Liceo ).

Media

The city has an open channel (Canal 8) and two local radio stations ( Radio FM 89.9 MHz).

Traffic

Rosario is near the Ruta 1, while the Ruta 102 runs through the town.

Population

The city had 2004 9.311 inhabitants.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

City ​​council

Mayor ( alcalde ) of Rosario is Daniel Dibot.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gastón Brugman (* 1992), football player
  • Diego Godin ( born 1986 ), football player
  • Ruperto Long, politicians
  • Fabio Zerpa ufologist
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