Santiago Vázquez, Montevideo
Santiago Vázquez is a veelage at the wastren limits o Montevideo Depairtment in Uruguay. It is pairt o the barrio (neebourheid or destrict) o Montevideo cried Paso de la Arena, but its populations is coontit separately frae that o the ceety.
Santiago Vázquez | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
 The port o Santiago Vázquez | |
  Santiago Vázquez Location in Uruguay | |
| Coordinates: 34°47′0″S 56°21′0″W / 34.78333°S 56.35000°W | |
| Kintra |  Uruguay |
| Depairtment | Montevideo Depairtment |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,482 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 12600 |
| Dial plan | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
It is locatit at the mooth o the river Río Santa Lucía towards the Río de la Plata, 22 kilometre (14 mi) frae the centre o Montevideo.
History
eeditIt wis gien this name bi a decree o 1912, in honour o a politician an co-foonder o the Constitution o 1830. It wis declared a "Pueblo" bi decree Ley Nº 4.049 on 1 Julie 1912.[1]
Population
eeditIn 2004, Santiago Vázquez haed a population o 1,482 inhabitants.[2]
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 1,545 |
| 1975 | 1,323 |
| 1985 | 1,387 |
| 1996 | 1,670 |
| 2004 | 1,482 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[1]
Featurs
eeditIt is surroundit bi an ecologically important natural environment consistin o the coasts, beaches an hills. It haes a natural port which is pairt o the river delta an includes 25.000 hectars of wetlands. During the first hauf o the 20t century the veelage wis convertit intae a touristic centre, markit bi the construction o the "Hotel de la Barra", the boat races, the yacht club an the pairks "Parque Segunda República Española" an Parque Lecocq, which is a zoo an aw.
Santiago Vázquez is kent as "La Barra" an aw, frae the rotar iron brig o Breetish construction which alang wi the modren brig o Ruta 1, join Montedieo wi the San José Depairtment.
A little tae the soothwast o the veelage is situatit the homonymous penitentiary facility.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)" (PDF). INE. 2012. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ "2004 Census of Montevideo department". INE. 2004. Archived frae the original (XLS) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 8 Julie 2011.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Santiago Vázquez, Montevideo. |
- Intendencia de Montevideo/Local development Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- Club Alemán de Remo Monevideo (Spanish)
- INE map of Santiago Vázquez