Lascano

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Lascano
City
Lascano
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 33°40′26″S 54°12′27″W / 33.67389°S 54.20750°W / -33.67389; -54.20750Coordinates: 33°40′26″S 54°12′27″W / 33.67389°S 54.20750°W / -33.67389; -54.20750
Country  Uruguay
Department Rocha Department
Population (2011)
 • Total 7,645
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 27300
Dial plan +598 4456 (+4 digits)

Lascano is a small city in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay.

Location

The city 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.

History

1875 map showing the estates on which Lascano was founded.

A village was founded in the fields of ranchers Don Francisco Fernández and Don Francisco Lascano, by decree of 10 February 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.[1]

On 4 July 1908, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley N° 3.304[2] and on 3 November 1952 to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N° 11.874.[3]

Population

In 2011 Lascano had a population of 7,645.[4]

Year Population
1908 3,866
1963 5,309
1975 6,026
1985 7,152
1996 7,134
2004 6,994
2011 7,645

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2]

Places of worship

  • St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (Roman Catholic)

Notable people

  • Artigas Barrios, politician
  • Carlos Julio Eizmendi, violinist
  • Adauto Puñales, politician
  • Yeanneth Puñales, writer and politician

References

  1. ↑ "Historia medida de un rico Patrimonio", Archivo Gráfico de Planos de Mensura, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004)" (PDF). INE. 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  3. ↑ "LEY N° 11.874". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1952. Retrieved 5 September 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Rocha". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 

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