Montevideo Depairtment

Montevideo is a depairtment (departamento) o Uruguay. It is bi far the smawest ane in aurie, an the maist populatit as well. It contains the ceety o Montevideo, caipital o Uruguay. While maist o the depairtment is covered bi the caipital ceety, thare are still smawer touns athin its limits, e.g. Santiago Vázquez near the border wi San José, which serve maistly as satellite touns, an hae still no merged wi the rest o the ceety.

Montevideo Depairtment
Coat airms
Kintra	Uruguay
Caipital o Depairtment	Montevideo (km.0)
Govrenment
• Intendant	Ana Olivera
• Rulin pairty	Frente Amplio
Area
• Total	530 km2 (200 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	1,319,108
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Montevideano
Time zone	UTC-3 (UYT)
ISO 3166 code	UY-MO
Website	montevideo.gub.uy

Population an Demografics

As o the census o 2004, there wur 1,325,968 fowk an 456,587 hoosehaulds in the depairtment. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.9. For ivery 100 females, there wur 87.4 males.

• Population growth rate: 0.047% (2004)
• Birth Rate: 14.40 births/1,000 fowk (2004)
• Daith Rate: 10.35 daiths/1,000 fowk
• Average age: 33.8 (31.2 Males, 36.5 Females)
• Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
  • Total population: 75.28 year
  • Male: 71.28 year
  • Female: 79.44 year
• Average Family Size: 1.91 childer/wumman
• Urban per caipita income (ceeties o 5,000 inhabitants or mair): 19,858.7 pesos/month (29,860.1 pesos/month at 2011. GDP (PPP) per capita USD 17,916 at 2011).

Main Urban Centres

Population statit as per 2004 census.

Ceety / Toun	Population
Montevideo	1,269,552
Pajas Blancas	1,976
Santiago Vázquez	1,482
Abayubá	924

Rural population

Accordin tae the 2004 census, Montevideo depairtment haes an additional rural poulation o 52,034.