Canelones Depairtment

The Canelones Depairtment (), wi an aurie o 4,536 km² (1,752 square miles) an 485,240 indwallers, is locatit tae the sooth o Uruguay. Its caipital is Canelones.

Geografie an climate
Neebourin depairtments are Maldonado an Lavalleja tae the east, Flores tae the north, San José tae the wast, an Montevideo tae the sooth. Pairt o the soothren mairch is formed bi the Río de la Plata. It is the seicont smawest depairtment o the kintra efter that o Montevideo, but the seicont lairgest in population.

Locatit in the humid templatit region, the average temperatur is law compared tae that o the rest o the kintra (aroond 15 °C), as are the levels o precipitation (up tae 2,000 mm yearly, on average).

Bi aurie Canelones Depairtment is the seicont smawest o Uruguay's 19 depairtments.

 Topografie an hydrografie 
200px|thumb|left|Santa Lucía River, at San Ramón.
Canelones Depairtment, is characterized bi flat lands an absence o relief (as maist pairts o Uruguay), wi smaw coastal saund dunes at the sooth, an wi meadaes an woods in the center, north an wast.

The depairtment is rich in waterways, wi mony rivers an streams. Housomeivver, thare are twa rivers that staund oot for thair importance: the Santa Lucía River an the Río de la Plata, which is actually a sea o salt watter. On the coastline formed bi the Río de la Plata, thare are mony spa touns an thair respective beaches.

Santa Lucia River, meanwhile, forms the northren bundary wi Florida, which is separatit bi a brig kent as the Paso Pache.

 Regions 
Despite bein a sma depairtment, Canelones haes a population o ower 500,000 indwallers an ane o the heichest densities in the kintra wi 107 indwallers per square kilometer.

The depairtment is dividit intae aprox. 20 sections. Athin thir, thare are significant populations centers, some o which hae the status o municipality, ithers are pairt o recently formed ceeties bi decree, an then thare are an aa those that dae no hae enough indwallers an are therefore aften considered semple population entities wi nae mayor or govrenment, remainin unner the direct jurisdiction o the Municipality o Canelones (in Spainyie, Intendencia Municipal Canelones or Comuna Canaria), which is based in the depairtmental caipital, Canelones.

History
Canelones wis ane o the nine oreeginal depairtments creatit in 1830. Ower the years its bundaries hae chyngit little.

Economy
Agricultur is ane o the principal contributors tae the economy o Canelones. The cultivation o grapevines is widespread, an the aurie is a major contributor tae Uruguay's burgeonin wine industry. In addition cereal crops, principally maize are produced, as are a wide variety o fruits an vegetables. Tourism, in the eastren coastal aurie, is an aw a major soorce o income for the depairtment, an haes enabled the development o important urban centres, sic as Atlántida.

Population an Demographics
As o the census o 2004, thare wur 485,240 fowk an 153,931 households in the department. The average household size wis 3.2. For every 100 females, thare war 96.3 males.Census of Canelones department - table 9

Population growthe rate: 1.862% (2004)
Birth Rate: 15.27 births/1,000 fowk (2004)
Daith Rate: 8.10 daiths/1,000 fowk
Average age: 31.6 (30.6 Males, 32.7 Females)
Life Expectancy at Birth (2004)
Tot population: 75.82 years
Male: 72.17 years
Female: 79.63 years
Average Faimily Size: 2.04 childer/wumman
Urban per caipita income (ceeties o 5,000 indwallers or maire): 10,295.2 pesos/month

Main Urban Centres
Population statit as per 2004 census.INE Censo Fase I - 2004 (see p. 36 of 63)

 Ceety / Toun  Population Ciudad de la Costa  83,888 Las Piedras  69,222 Pando  24,004 La Paz  19,832 Canelones  19,631 Santa Lucía  16,475 Progreso  15,775 Fracc. Camino Maldonado  15,057 Paso Carrasco  15,028 Barros Blancos  13,553 Colonia Nicolich  8,811 Villa Crespo y San Andrés  8,756  Fraccionamiento Camino del Andaluz y Ruta 84  7,145 San Ramón  6,992 Salinas *  6,574 Joaquín Suárez  6,124 Parque del Plata *  5,900 Sauce  5,797 Tala  4,939 Atlántida *  4,580 Villa Aeroparque  4,434 Toledo  4,028

 Ceety / Toun  Population Empalme Olmos  3,978 San Jacinto  3,909 Santa Rosa  3,660 Pinamar - Pinepark *  3,608 Neptunia *  3,554 Marindia *  2,586 Estación Atlántida *  2,358 Las Toscas *  2,222 Migues  2,180 Cerrillos  2,080 San Bautista  1,880 Dr. Francisco Soca  1,742 Montes  1,713 San Antonio  1,434 Fraccionamiento Camino Maldonado  1,414 Villa San José  1,407 Juanicó  1,256 Villa Felicidad  1,238 San Luis *  1,224 Estación La Floresta *  1,222 La Floresta *  1,109 Aguas Corrientes  1,095

(* Resorts o the Costa de Oro)

 Ither touns an veelages 
 Toun / Veelage  Population City Golf  8354 Costa Azul  826 Barrio Cópola  780 Totoral del Sauce  745 Jardines de Pando  673 Estanque de Pando  641 Castellanos  579 Costa y Guillamón  566 Seis Hermanos  553 Villa Argentina  552 Barrio La Lucha  537 Villa El Tato  508

Rural population
Accordin tae the 2004 census, Canelones depairtment haes an additional rural poulation o 55,128.

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

References

Freemit airtins

Offeecial wabsteid
Enciclopedia Geografica del Uruguay - Canelones (Spainyie)
INE map o Canelones


Category:Depairtments o Uruguay
Category:States an territories established in 1816