Lavalleja Depairtment

The Depairtment o Lavalleja is a depairtment o Uruguay. The caipital is Minas. It is locatit in the sootheast o the kintra, bordered tae the north bi the depairtment o Treinta y Tres tae the east wi Rocha, tae the sooth wi Canelones an Maldonado, an tae the wast tae Florida.

The depairtment is namit in honour o Brigadier Juan Antonio Lavalleja, who haed distinguished militar an poleetical action in the kintra's unthirldom.

History

The depairtment wis creatit on Juin 16, 1837, wi pairt o Cerro Largo an Maldonado depairtments. It wis first named as Minas. In March 1888, it wis asked that the Chamber o Deputies raised the settlement hierarchy o the veelage o Minas tae be a toun an tae chynge the depairtment's name tae Lavalleja. The first wis appruivit. Frae then, an till December 26, 1927, when the name wis chyngit tae Lavalleja, widespread debates aboot the matter wur held. There wis poleetical will tae designate a depairtment unner the name o the heid o the Liberation Crusade, but no at the expense o Minas, even considerin creatin a new depairtment named Lavalleja, being rejectit efterwards.

Population an Demografics
As o the census o 2004, there wur 60,925 fowk an 20,737 hoosehaulds in the depairtment. The average hoosehauld size wis 2.9. For ivery 100 females, there wur 99.1 males.

Population growth rate: -0.157% (2004)
Birth Rate: 14.57 births/1,000 fowk (2004)
Daith Rate: 10.49 daiths/1,000 fowk
Average age: 34.8 (33.5 Males, 36.1 Females)
Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
Total population: 76.01 year
Male: 71.87 year
Female: 80.31 year
Average Family Size: 2.31 childer/wumman
Urban per caipita income (ceeties o 5,000 inhabitants or mair): 4,316.8 pesos/month

 Ceeties, touns an veelages 
Population statit as per 2004 census.
 Ceety / Toun  Population Minas  37,925 José Pedro Varela  5,332 Solís de Mataojo  2,676 José Batlle y Ordóñez  2.424 Mariscala  1,674 Pirarajá  967 Zapicán  640

Landwart population
Accordin tae the 2004 census, Lavalleja depairtment haes an additional Landwart poulation o 8,033.

See an aa
 Leet o populatit places in Uruguay#Lavalleja Depairtment

References

Freemit airtins
INE map o Lavalleja Depairtment


Category:Depairtments o Uruguay
Category:States an territories established in 1837