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Cruz De Los Caminos, Tacuarembó
Cruz de los Caminos, formerly named Cuchilla de Caraguatá or Caraguatá is a village in the Tacuarembó Department of Uruguay. It took its original name from a nearby range of hills, known as the Cuchilla de Caraguatá The Cuchilla de Caraguatá is a range of hills in Uruguay. Location It is situated in Uruguay's largest department, Tacuarembó Department, in the north of the country. Name The range of hills gives its name to a village formerly known as Cuchi .... The word 'Caraguatá' refers to a local plant and is also the name of a nearby stream. Geography The village is situated in the east of the department, southeast of Las Toscas, on km. 360 of Route 6 and on its intersection with Route 26. Population In 2011 Cruz de los Caminos had a population of 463. No former census had given results for this location. Public schools In Cruz de los Caminos is Public School 61, while to its west, on Route 6 is Public School 26, next to the police station. About west-southwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Uruguay
Uruguay consists of 19 departments (''departamentos''). Each department has a legislature called a Departmental Board. The ''Intendente'' is the department's chief executive. History The first division of the Republic into six departments occurred on 27 January 1816. In February of the same year, two more departments were formed, and in 1828 one more was added. When the First Constitution was signed in 1830, there were nine departments. These were the departments of Montevideo, Maldonado, Canelones, San José, Colonia, Soriano, Paysandú, Durazno and Cerro Largo. At that time, the department of Paysandú occupied all the territory north of the Río Negro, which included the current departments of Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. On 17 June 1837 a new division of Uruguay was made and this northern territory was divided in three parts by the creation of the departments of Salto and Tacuarembó. At the same time the department of Minas (which was even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuarembó Department
Tacuarembó () 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. History The first division of the Republic in six departments happened in 1816. Two more departments were formed later in that year. At that time, Paysandú Department included all the territory north of the Río Negro, which included the current departments of Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. 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 actual department of Rivera, until it was split from it in 1884. Geography The south borders of the department are delimited by Río Negro, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Uruguay
Uruguay's calling code is +598. Since 2010, national long distance calling was eliminated, thus there are no area codes in each city. Landline telephony ANTEL (Spanish abbreviation for National Administration of Telecommunications) is Uruguay's state-owned company for telecommunications. Previously in Uruguay, phone numbers used to have between 4 and 7 digits. To make a local phone call, you only had to dial those digits. To make a call between two cities from different departments, you had to dial zero, plus area code, plus phone number. As from August 29, 2010, all phone numbers have 8 digits, according to the new National Numbering Plan. Zero prior to area code was eliminated. Therefore, to make a call to any city in the country you have to dial 8 digits. This plan was implemented by URSEC (Spanish abbreviation for Regulator Unit of Services of Communications). National Numbering Plan Montevideo and metropolitan area In the Metropolitan area of Montevideo, all nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuchilla De Caraguatá
The Cuchilla de Caraguatá is a range of hills in Uruguay. Location It is situated in Uruguay's largest department, Tacuarembó Department, in the north of the country. Name The range of hills gives its name to a village formerly known as Cuchilla de Caraguatá. The word 'Caraguatá' originally referred to a local plant. A nearby river is named the Caraguatá River. Featured in literature 'Caraguatá' is featured in the poetry of a local writer, Circe Maia Circe Maia, (born June 29, 1932, in Montevideo), is a Uruguayan poet, essayist, translator, and teacher. Biography Circe Maia was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1932. Her parents were María Magdalena Rodríguez and the notary Julio Maia, both ....'Circe Maia', Wikipedia (in Spanish) :es:Circe Maia, Maia has written a series of poems entitled 'Poemas de Caraguatá', containing reflections to which local topography, flora and fauna have given rise. See also * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuchilla de Caraguata Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Toscas, Tacuarembó
Las Toscas is a village or populated centre in the Tacuarembó Department of northern-central Uruguay. Geography The village is located on Route 26, about northwest of its intersection with Route 6 and about southeast of Ansina. The stream Arroyo Caraguatá flows by the west limits of the village. Population In 2011 Las Toscas had a population of 1,142. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay'' Places of worship * Parish Church of the Holy Sacrament and St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...) References External linksINE map of Las Toscas Populated places in the Tacuarembó Department {{Tacuarembó-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 6 (Uruguay)
Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil. The road is approximately 428 kilometres long till Vichadero. The distance notation along Route 6 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo. The only cities apart from Montevideo it connects with are San Ramón in Canelones Department and Sarandí del Yí in Durazno Department. North of Canelones, Route 6 passes mostly through sparsely populated areas and connects with few small towns and villages. South end Its extension in Montevideo is Avenida de las Instrucciones, which splits into Route 33 and Route 6 in Toledo Chico, just before the border with Canelones Department. Destinations and junctions These are the populated places Route 6 passes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
