Porvenir or Pueblo Porvenir is a village in the
Paysandú Department of western
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
It is located south of Route 90 and northeast of
Route 3, about from the department capital city of
Paysandú. It is an
enclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
within the populated rural area known as
Chacras de Paysandú
Chacras de Paysandú, which means "Ranches of Paysandú", is a wide but sparsely populated rural area, which is an east and southeast extension of the city of Paysandú in the Paysandú Department of western Uruguay.
Within Chacras de Paysandú a ...
(Ranches of Paysandú), which is peripheral to the city.
History
On 17 July 1903, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) named "Colonia Porvenir" by the Act of Ley Nº 2.855.
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Population
In 2011 Porvenir had a population of 1,159.
References
External links
INE map of Porvenir
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Populated places in the Paysandú Department