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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.
Tacuarembó (Spanish pronunciation: [takwaɾemˈbo]) is the largest department of Uruguay and it is part of its northern region. Its capital is Tacuarembó.It borders Rivera Department to its north and east, the departments of Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro to its west and has the river Río Negro flowing along its south border, separating it from the departments of Durazno and Cerro Largo.
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.
It has an area of 14,163 km 2 (5,468 sq mi) and a population of 124,878. Its capital is the city of Salto . It borders Artigas Department to its north, Paysandú Department to its south, the departments of Rivera and Tacuarembó to its east and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina .
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 longest and most important of the rivers draining westward is the Río Negro, which crosses the entire country from northeast to west before emptying into the Río Uruguay. [1] A dam on the Río Negro at Paso de los Toros has created a reservoir—the Embalse del Río Negro—that is the largest artificial lake in South America. [1] The ...
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:
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]