Colonia Department

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Statistics
Flag	Coat of Arms
Colonia Flag	Colonia Coat of Arms
Capital:	Colonia
Area:	6.106 km²
Inhabitants:	119.266 (2004)
Pop. Density:	19.53 inh./km²
Demonym::	coloniense
Website:	colonia.gub.uy (in Spanish)
ISO 3166-2:	UY-CO
Politics
Intendant:	Walter Zimmer (Partido Nacional)
Ruling party:	Partido Nacional
Map

Colonia is a departamento in southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city. It is the region where the main production of dairy products from Uruguay is done. It's proximity to Buenos Aires makes it the main entry point for tourists coming from Argentina into Uruguay.

[edit] Population and Demographics

As of the census of 2004, there were 119,266 people and 40,243 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males.

Population growth rate: 0.448% (2004)
Birth Rate: 15.05 births/1,000 people (2004)
Death Rate: 9.97 deaths/1,000 people
Average age: 33.5 (32.5 Males, 34.6 Females)
Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):

total population:	76.57 years
male:	72.68 years
female:	80.61 years

Average Family Size: 2.19 children/woman
Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 4,385.6 pesos/month

[edit] Main Urban Centres

(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)

City/Town	Population
Carmelo	16,866
Colonia del Sacramento	21.714
Colonia Valdense	3,087
Florencio Sánchez	3,526
Juan Lacaze	13,196
Nueva Helvecia	10,002
Nueva Palmira	9,230
Ombues de Lavalle	3,451
Rosario	9,311
Tarariras	6,070

Departments of Uruguay
Artigas \| Canelones \| Cerro Largo \| Colonia \| Durazno \| Flores \| Florida \| Lavalleja \| Maldonado \| Montevideo \| Paysandú \| Río Negro \| Rivera \| Rocha \| Salto \| San José \| Soriano \| Tacuarembó \| Treinta y Tres