Lapuente is a village, or populated centre, in the
Rivera Department of northeastern
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 ...
.
Geography
The village is located on Route 29, about northeast of its junction with Route 27, which is about northwest of
Vichadero and southeast of the department capital
Rivera
Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...
. The stream
Arroyo Yaguarí flows by the west limits of the village and the border with
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
is only away.
Population
In 2011 Lapuente had a population of 321.
Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''
References
External links
INE map of Lapuente
Populated places in the Rivera Department
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