Treinta y Tres () is a department of

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. Its capital is

Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres () is the capital city of the Treinta y Tres Department in eastern Uruguay. Location The city is located on Route 8, on the north banks of Olimar Grande River. The city is almost surrounded by a populated rural area, a zone of ' ...

. It is located in the east of the country, bordering the departments of Cerro Largo to the north,

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and

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to the west,

Lavalleja Lavalleja () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and to ...

and Rocha to the south, while to its east is the lake

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separating it from the southernmost end of

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History

When the First Constitution of Uruguay was signed in 1830, the territory of this department was mostly part of Cerro Largo, one of the nine original departments of the Republic. In 1853 the ''pueblo'' (village) of Treinta y Tres was created in its south. It was named after the thirty three honoured patriots who fought for and secured the Independence of the old ''Provincia Oriental'', which became Uruguay. A permanent service of transport by horse-drawn carts between this pueblo and Montevideo was first established in 1866. On 18 September 1884 and by the Act of Ley No 1.754, the department of Treinta y Tres was created out of parts of the departments of Cerro Largo and Minas (the actual Lavalleja Department).

Population and Demographics

As of the census of 2011, Treinta y Tres department had a population of 48,134 (23,416 male and 24,718 female) and 21,462 households Demographic data for Treinta y Tres Department in 2010: *Population growth rate: -0.158% *Birth Rate: 13.80 births/1,000 people *Death Rate: 9.15 deaths/1,000 people *Average age: 33.7 (32.7 male, 34.6 female) *Life Expectancy at Birth: **Total population: 75.97 years **Male: 72.16 years **Female: 79.90 years *Average per household income: 23,122 pesos/month *Urban per capita income: 8,994 pesos/month ''2010 Data Source:''

Tourism

A notable natural landmark is the

Quebrada de los Cuervos The Quebrada de los Cuervos ( Spanish for ''Crows Ravine'') is an important landform in Treinta y Tres Department, Uruguay. Crossed by the Yerbal Chico creek, it constitutes a natural protected area. This Important Bird Area (IBA) is inhabited b ...

, 44 km east of the capital city.

Map of the department

Noted local people

Luis Antonio Hierro López Luis Antonio Hierro López (born June 6, 1947) is a Uruguayan politician and diplomat who served as the 13th vice president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005 under Jorge Batlle. Born into a political family, his father was Luis Hierro Gambardella, f ...

- former

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* Luis Hierro Gambardella - former Minister, Senator and Deputy * Luis Hierro - former Deputy

References

External links

INE map of Treinta y Tres DepartmentNuestra Terra, Colección Los Departamentos, Vol.4 "Treinta y Tres"
{{Authority control Departments of Uruguay States and territories established in 1884