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Quebracho is a small town (villa) in Paysandú Department in Uruguay. Geography. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) into ...
Revolution of Quebracho was a civil-military uprising of the Colorado Party and the Blanco Party against the presidency of Máximo Santos. [1] It took place in March 1886 in Quebracho, Paysandú Department, Banda Oriental del Uruguay. [2] Among the revolutionaries were Lorenzo Batlle, Juan Campisteguy and Claudio Williman, future presidents of ...
Quebracho is located in the center-west part of the department of Cerro Largo, on the Tupambaé blade, near the shores of the Coimbra Stream. It is accessed by local road from the town of Cerro de las Cuentas , which is 19 km (12 mi) away.
The Municipality was created by Law N° 18653 of 15 March 2020, in compliance with the provisions of the Law N° 18567 that provided for the creation of municipalities over all settlements with 2000 or more inhabitants.
The municipality of Quebracho is one of the municipalities of Cerro Largo Department, Uruguay, established on 30 October 2018. Its seat is the settlement of Quebracho . History
The Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Spanish: Instituto Uruguayo de Metereología) or INUMET for short, is the weather agency that provides meteorological and climatological services to Uruguay. It is also the aeronautical meteorological authority of the country in application of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (ICAO).
Enrique Castro (c. 1817 - 1888) was an Uruguayan general who served the Colorados throughout the 19th century. He participated in the Argentine Civil Wars, the Uruguayan Civil War and the Paraguayan War and was known for organizing and starting the Quebracho Revolution [].
The hill Cerro del Quebracho is part of this range. The second and smaller hill range, in the west part of the department, is the Cuchilla de Navarro. Independent of these ranges, the hill Cerro Pelado is in the middle south, and the hills Cerro Colorado and Cerro Malvenir are southeast of Fray Bentos.