Lascano

Lascano
—  City  —
Lascano
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates:
Country  Uruguay
Department Rocha Department
Population (2004)
 • Total 6,994
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 27300
Area code(s) +598 4456

Lascano is a small city in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located at the junction of Route 15 with Route 14, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Arroyo Aiguá which is the border with Lavalleja Department. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 3 November 1952 by decree Ley No. 11.874.[1]

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History

The town was founded in the fields of ranchers Don Francisco Fernández and Don Francisco Lascano in 1876. The estates were situated on what was called until then "Partido de las Tres Islas". Although Don Lascano had a much smaller portion of land, the village took on his name because of the way official papers were signed, and due to the analphabetism of Don Fernández. In 1880 it became part of the newly formed Rocha Department.[2]

Population

In 2004, Lascano had a population of 6,994.[3]

Year Population
1963 5,309
1975 6,026
1985 7,152
1996 7,134
2004 6,994

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "LEY N° 11.874". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1952. http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=11874&Anchor=. Retrieved 3 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Historia medida de un rico Patrimonio", Archivo Gráfico de Planos de Mensura, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  3. ^ "2004 Census of Rocha department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Rocha/Cuadro7_14.XLS. Retrieved 3 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / L" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraL.doc. Retrieved 3 July 2011. 

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