Canelones Depairtment

The **Canelones Depairtment** (), wi an aurie o 4,536&nbsp;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&nbsp;°C), as are the levels o precipitation (up tae 2,000&nbsp;mm yearly, on average).

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

### Topografie an hydrografie

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.

*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.

(* Resorts o the Costa de Oro)

### Ither touns an veelages

### 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