Title: Salto Department Content: The Salto department  is a department of Uruguay. The capital is the city of Salto. Its ISO 3166-2 code is UY-SA. == Name == The name of the department and of its capital city comes from the presence of small waterfalls  in the Uruguay river. == History == The Salto department was made on 17 June 1837; then, the department included the present Artigas Department. Its final borders were defined on 1 October 1884, when the Artigas department was separated from Salto. ==Geography== 340px|thumb|left|Map of Salto The Salto department is in the northwestern part of the country. It has an area of , the second largest in the country after the Tacuarembó department. It is the fourth department with more people living in it, with a population of 124,878 inhabitants (2011 census) for a population density of . There are two chains of low and rounded hills in the department. These chains of are known as cuchillas in the country. The two cuchillas in the department are the cuchilla de los Arapeyes to the north, and the cuchilla del Daymán that runs across the department from the southeast to the northeast. Between these two chains is the valley of the Arapey Grande river. ===Limits=== * To the north: Artigas department. * To the east: Rivera and Tacuarembó departments * To the south: Paysandú department. * To the west: Argentina, separated by the Uruguay river. ===Rivers=== The main rivers in the department are: # Uruguay river to the west; it makes the border with Argentina. # Arapey Grande river, a tributary of the Uruguay river. # Daymán river to the south; it is also a tributary of the Uruguay river and forms the border with the Paysandú department. ===Climate=== The Köppen climate classification type for the climate in the city of Salto is a "Humid subtropical climate" and of the subtype Cfa. The average amount of precipitation for the year in Salto is . The month with the most precipitation on average is March with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is August with an average of . The average temperature for the year in Salto is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is June, with an average temperature of . ==Demographics== The inhabitants of the Salto department (and of the city of Artigas) are known, in Spanish, as Salteños (women: Salteñas. Evolution of the population in Salto Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:400 height:350 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:130000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1985 text:1985 bar:1996 text:1996 bar:2004 text:2004 bar:2011 text:2011 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1975 from:0 till: 103074 bar:1985 from:0 till: 108487 bar:1996 from:0 till: 117597 bar:2004 from:0 till: 123120 bar:2011 from:0 till: 124878 PlotData= bar:1975 at: 103074 fontsize:S text: 103,074 shift:(-12,8) bar:1985 at: 108487 fontsize:S text: 108,487 shift:(-18,5) bar:1996 at: 117597 fontsize:S text: 117,597 shift:(-18,5) bar:2004 at: 123120 fontsize:S text: 123,120 shift:(-18,8) bar:2011 at: 124878 fontsize:S text: 124,878 shift:(-18,5) :Rural population According to the 2011 census, the Artigas department has a rural population of 7,849. :Main towns  == Gallery == File:Salto Uruguay visto del puerto.jpg|The city of Salto from the port. File:Termas Salto Grande.jpg|"Horacio Quiroga" Park, in Termas de Salto Grande, Salto. File:CONSTRUIDA POR INTEGRANTES DEL EXODO DEL PUEBLO ORIENTAL..JPG|Saint John the Baptist cathedral. File:Plaza Treinta y Tres 1-2.jpg|Treinta y Tres square, Salto. File:MuseoFachadaSalto.jpg|Museum of Man and Technology, Salto. ==Related pages== * Departments of Uruguay * ISO 3166-2:UY