Rosario, also known as Rosario Oriental, Villa del Rosario, or Rosario del Colla, is a small city located within the
Colonia Department
Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.
Weather
Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...
, in southern
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 ...
. It is home to about 10,000 people.
Geography
It is located on the south end of
Route 2, about north of its intersection with
Route 1 (at kilometre 130 of the later). It is about (by road) west of
Nueva Helvecia
Nueva Helvecia is a city in Colonia Department of Uruguay.
Nueva Helvecia (Spanish for "New Helvetia"; formerly known as Colonia Suiza) is west of Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay. It is a few kilometres from the coast where th ...
and east-northeast of the department catital city
Colonia del Sacramento
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The stream
Arroyo Colla flows along the north and northeastern limits of the city, while at the southeast edge of the city, it flows into the river
Río Rosario.
History
The city was founded on 24 January 1775 by
Benito Herosa. The place soon became notorious for having witnessed a series of battles during the struggle for independence from
Spain
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in 1811.
Rosario's first inhabitant is believed to have been Pascual de Chena, an
amerindian
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples.
Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...
of Colla descent. Today, a square and a brook are named after him. Even the alternative name of the city, Rosario del Colla, makes reference to this fact.
Even before the Independence of Uruguay, Rosario had received the status of "Villa" (town). Its status was elevated to "City" category on 17 August 1920 by the Act of Ley Nº 7.257.
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Population
In 2011 Rosario had a population of 10,085.
Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''
* In the census of 2011, the population of the small hamlet Pastoreo (465 inh. in 2004) has been incorporated to the censual area of Rosario.
Places of worship
* Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Church (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 let ...
)
Government
The city mayor as of July 2010 is Daniel Dibot."MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" at the Intendents' Congress website
Notable people
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Diego Godín
Diego Roberto Godín Leal (born 16 February 1986) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield and captains the Uruguay national team.
Regarded as one of the best ...
, football player.
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Ruperto Long, engineer, politician and writer.
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Fabio Zerpa
Fabio Zerpa (4 December 1928, Rosario, Uruguay – 7 August 2019) was a Uruguayan actor, parapsychologist and UFO researcher. He resided in Argentina from 1951 on.
Biography
Fabio Zerpa arrived in Argentina in 1951. Following a short theatrica ...
, parapsychologist and UFO researcher.
*
Carlos Garat Otero, Congressman, Senator
References
External links
''La Microrregión del Rosario''INE map of Rosario
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Populated places established in 1775
Populated places in the Colonia Department