Durazno Department

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Durazno Coat of Arms
Durazno Coat of Arms
Statistics
Capital: Durazno
Area: 11.643 km²
Inhabitants: 58.859 (2004)
Pop. Density: 5.05 inh./km²
Demonym: duraznense
Website: durazno.gub.uy
(in Spanish)
ISO 3166-2: UY-DU
Politics
Intendant: Carmelo Vidalin
(Partido Nacional)
Ruling party: Partido Nacional
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Departments of Uruguay: Durazno

Durazno is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Business areas developed in Durazno are mainly sheep, beef and dairy cattle breeding, agriculture, and agroturism. The Río Negro river limits the region to the North, and the Yi River to the South.

[edit] Population and Demographics

As of the census of 2004, there were 58,859 people and 17,779 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males.

  • Population growth rate: 0.050% (2004)
  • Birth Rate: 17.47 births/1,000 people (2004)
  • Death Rate: 9.15 deaths/1,000 people
  • Average age: 30.3 (29.8 Males, 31.0 Females)
  • Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
total population: 75.81 years
male: 72.20 years
female: 79.56 years
  • Average Family Size: 2.63 children/woman
  • Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 5,199.6 pesos/month

[edit] Main Urban Centres

(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)

City/Town Population
Blanquillo 1,099 (1996)
Carlos Reyles 1,089 (1996)
Cármen 2.275
Durazno 30.529
La Paloma 1,374 (1996)
Santa Bernardina 1,243 (1996)
Sarandí del Yí 6.659

Coordinates: 33°02′34″S, 56°01′41″W

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