Palmitas

Palmitas
—  Town  —
Palmitas
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates:
Country  Uruguay
Department Soriano Department
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,954
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 75001
Area code(s) +598 4537

Palmitas is a small town (pueblo) in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the intersection of Route 2 with Route 105, about 36 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the department capital city Mercedes. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (town) category on 6 November 1953 by decree Ley No. 12.021.[1] The railroad track Montevideo - Mercedes pass through this town.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 1,954.[2]

Year Population
1963 1,288
1975 1,332
1985 1,531
1996 1,774
2004 1,954

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

References

  1. ^ "LEY N° 12.021". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1952. http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12021&Anchor=. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "2004 Census of Soriano department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Soriano/Cuadro7_17.XLS. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / P" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraP.doc. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 

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