Tambores

Tambores
—  Town  —
Tambores
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates:
Country  Uruguay
Department Paysandú Department and Tacuarembó Department
Population (2004)
 • Total 1,720
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 45004
Area code(s) +598 463

Tambores is a small town (villa) partly in the Paysandú Department and partly in the Tacuarembó Department of western Uruguay. It is located on both sides of the interdepartmental road which forms the border between the two departments, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of its intersection with Route 26, which lies 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of Tacuarembó, the capital city of the department. The railroad track Montevideo - Tacuarembó - Rivera passes through the town.

Its status was elevated to "Villa" category on 15 October 1963 by decree Ley No. 13.167.[1]

Population

In 2004, Tambores had a population of 1,720, of which 1,180 in Paysandú[2] and 540 in Tacuarembó.[3]

Year Population
1963 1,508
1975 1,532
1985 1,410
1996 1,479
2004 1,720

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]

References

  1. ^ "LEY N° 13.167". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1963. http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13167&Anchor=. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "2004 Census of Paysandú department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Paysandu/Cuadro7_11.XLS. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "2004 Census of Tacuarembó department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Tacuarembo/Cuadro7_18.XLS. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / T" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraT.doc. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 

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