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Fray Marcos
Fray Marcos is a town in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay. Geography It is located north of the Santa Lucía River (the border with Canelones Department) and on the junction of Route 7 (Uruguay), Route 7 with Route 94. It is north of Montevideo and on kilometre 107 of the railroad track Montevideo – Nico Pérez. History It was founded in December 1888, and on 23 May 1919, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 6.906. Its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley Nº 12.297. Population In 2011 Fray Marcos had a population of 2,398. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay'' Places of worship * Parroquia Purísimo Corazón de María, Fray Marcos, Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish Church (Roman Catholic) References External links INE map of Fray Marcos {{FloridaUY-geo-stub Populated places in the Florida Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Uruguay
Uruguay consists of 19 departments (''departamentos''). Each department has a legislature called a Departmental Board. The '' Intendente'' is the department's chief executive. History The first division of the Republic into six departments occurred on 27 January 1816. In February of the same year, two more departments were formed, and in 1828 one more was added. When the First Constitution was signed in 1830, there were nine departments. These were the departments of Montevideo, Maldonado, Canelones, San José, Colonia, Soriano, Paysandú, Durazno and Cerro Largo. At that time, the department of Paysandú occupied all the territory north of the Río Negro, which included the current departments of Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. On 17 June 1837 a new division of Uruguay was made and this northern territory was divided in three parts by the creation of the departments of Salto and Tacuarembó. At the same time the department of Minas (which was even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
