Rocha Department
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| Capital: | Rocha |
| Area: | 10.551 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 69.937 (2004) |
| Pop. Density: | 6.63 inh./km² |
| Demonym: | rochense |
| Website: | rocha.gub.uy (in Spanish) |
| ISO 3166-2: | UY-RO |
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| Intendant: | Artigas Barrios (FA) |
| Ruling party: | Frente Amplio |
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Rocha is a department in the east of Uruguay. It has natural beauties like Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Santa Teresa. Rocha is well known it's beach towns which swell during the summer holidays. Inland the primary economy of Rocha is based on large cattle ranches.
[edit] Population and Demographics
As of the census of 2004, there were 69,937 people and 24,834 households in the department. The average household size was 2.8. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males.
- Population growth rate: -0.028% (2004)
- Birth Rate: 14.34 births/1,000 people (2004)
- Death Rate: 10.63 deaths/1,000 people
- Average age: 34.0 (32.8 Males, 35.0 Females)
- Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
| total population: | 74.45 years |
| male: | 69.86 years |
| female: | 79.22 years |
- Average Family Size: 2.18 children/woman
- Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 4,229.4 pesos/month
[edit] Main Urban Centres
(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)
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| Castillos | 7,346 (1996) |
| Cebollatí | 1,490 (1996) |
| Chuy | 9,804 (1996) |
| Dieciocho de Julio | 1,139 (1996) |
| La Aguada - Costa Azul | 1,125 (1996) |
| La Paloma | 3,084 (1996) |
| Lascano | 7,134 (1996) |
| Rocha | 26,058 |
| Velázquez | 1,018 (1996) |
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