Treinta y Tres Department
- 33.06 - 54.23Koordinaten: 33 ° 4 ' S, 54 ° 14' W
Treinta y Tres (Eng. " Thirty-three ") is a department in Uruguay.
- 5.1 Former Intendenten
Geography
It lies in the east of the country, on the border with Brazil, which runs through the Laguna Merín, an elongated lagoon and has an area of 9539 square kilometers. It also borders on Cerro Largo in the north, Durazno and Florida in the West, Lavalleja and Rocha in the south. To the west of the department is the ridge of Cuchilla Grande. The East, however, is relatively flat. 20 km north of the capital of the National Park Quebrada de los Cuervo, a rocky area with many small streams. Through the Department of flows of Arroyo del Oro.
History
The creation of the department took place in 1884. Naming refers to the so-called 33 Orientals under your leader Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
Population
While in 2004 49 318 inhabitants were counted, was found in the context of the census of 2011, population 48 134. Of these, 23 416 men and 24 718 women. The department counts beside Flores and Durazno of the most sparsely populated regions of Uruguay. In 1990 the number of inhabitants per square kilometer was just under five. More than half the population of the department lives in the same city. Other major urban settlements are Vergara, Santa Clara de Olimar, Cerro Chato and General Enrique Martínez.
Infrastructure
Education
Treinta y Tres has a total of seven secondary schools ( Liceos ), in which 4,131 students are taught by 368 teachers. The oldest Liceo of the department is based in the Department of Capital Treinta y Tres, 1913, founded the Liceo N º 1 Departamental " Dr. Nilo Goyoaga ". (As of December 2008)
Policy
The leadership of the executive branch of the department, the Office of Intendente, holds Dardo Sánchez of the Partido Nacional.
Former Intendenten
- 2005-2010: Gerardo Amaral