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The Uruguay River (Spanish: Río Uruguay [ˈri.o wɾuˈɣwaj]; Portuguese: Rio Uruguai [ˈʁi.u uɾuˈɡwaj]) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil , Argentina and Uruguay , separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countries.
This is a list of any populated place in Uruguay by department, sortable by population (according to the 2011 census) or alphabetically. The population number may be followed by a letter indicating the official status of the place as follows:
On 17 June 1837 a new division of Uruguay was made and this territory was divided in three parts. In the new division, the Tacuarembó Department included also the present department of Rivera, until it was split from it in 1884. On 7 May 1862 the village Pueblo de Ceballos was created, in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos.
A populated centre was established here which had reached the status of "Pueblo" (village) before the Independence of Uruguay. The present city was founded by José Gervasio Artigas on 12 February 1816. [2] Its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) on 17 August 1920 by the Act of Ley Nº 7.257. [3]
Map of municipalities and departments of Uruguay as of 2021. The Uruguayan departments are subdivided into municipalities and, as of 2023, there are 127 municipalities. This second level administrative division system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009 and the first municipalities were created (or converted from Local Boards in the previous system) in March 2010.
With an area of 4,536 km 2 (1,751 sq mi) and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones . Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by total population and Las Piedras is the largest city with an official census.
It has an area of 13,922 km 2 (5,375 sq mi) and a population of 113,124. Its capital is the city of Paysandú . It borders Salto Department to its north, Tacuarembó Department to its east, Río Negro Department to its south and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina .
The early history of the area was marked by the trade of slaves from Africa. Slave trading ships had first arrived in Montevideo in 1743. The Spanish company Real Compañía de Filipinas, after its first such import in 1787, was forced by the government to build quaranteen barracks for the slaves, for the protection from epidemic diseases.