Rocha Depairtment
Rocha is a depairtment in the east o Uruguay. Its caipital is the ceety o Rocha. It border Maldonado Depairtment tae its wast, Lavalleja Depairtment tae its northwast, Treinta y Tres Depairtment tae its north, while tae its northeast Laguna Merín forms pairt o it border wi Brazil an at the sooth end o the lake it borders the soothmaist end o Brazil, wi the ceety o Chuy "shared" atween baith kintras, the border passin throu its main commercial avenue.
Rocha Depairtment | |
|---|---|
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Kintra |  Uruguay |
| Caipital o Depairtment | Rocha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Intendant | Artigas Barrios |
| • Rulin pairty | Frente Amplio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,551 km2 (4,074 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 68,088 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Rochense |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UYT) |
| ISO 3166 code | UY-RO |
| Website | www |
Rocha haes naitural beauties lik Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Santa Teresa Naitional Pairk. It is weel kent for its beach resorts, lik Punta del Diablo or La Esmeralda, which swell wi visitors durin the simmer holidays. Inland, the primar economy o Rocha is based on lairge cattle ranches.
History
eeditOn 7 Julie 1880, the depairtment o Rocha wis formit frae territory that haed belangit tae the depairtment o Maldonado syne the first diveesion o the Republic in depairtments in 1816.
Population an Demografics
eedit
As o the census o 2011, Rocha Depairtment haed a population o 68,088 (33,269 male an 34,819 female) an 46,071 hoosehaulds.[1]
Demografic data for Florida Depairtment in 2010:
- Population growth rate: -0.082%
- Birth Rate: 14.04 births/1,000 fowk
- Daith Rate: 10.44 daiths/1,000 fowk
- Average age: 35.0 (34.0 male, 36.0 female)
- Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Tot population: 75.82 years
- Male: 72.17 years
- Female: 79.43 years
- Average per hoosehauld income: 19,978 pesos/month
- Urban per capita income: 8,635 pesos/month
2010 Data Source:[2]
Main Urban Centres
eeditPopulation statit as per 2011 census. [3]
| Ceety / Toun | Population |
|---|---|
| Rocha | 25,422 |
| Chuy | 9,675 |
| Castillos | 7,541 |
| Lascano | 7,645 |
| La Paloma | 3,495 |
| Cebollatí | 1,609 |
| La Aguada y Costa Azul | 1,090 |
| Velázquez | 1,022 |
Ither touns an veelages
eeditPopulation statit as per 2011 census.[1]
| Town / Village | Population |
|---|---|
| 18 de Julio | 977 |
| Punta del Diablo | 823 |
| San Luis al Medio | 598 |
| La Coronilla | 510 |
| Puimayen | 505 |
Landwart population
eeditAccordin tae the 2011 census, Rocha depairtment haes an addeetional landwart population o 4,146.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b "Censos 2011 Rocha (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Uruguay en cifras" (PDF) (in Spanish). INE. 2011. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Rocha". INE. 2012. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Rocha Depairtment. |
- Official site of the Department of Rocha - About the Department Archived 2012-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- INE map of Rocha Department Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Tourism in Uruguay, Rocha Archived 2010-10-04 at the Wayback Machine