Canelones Depairtment
The Canelones Depairtment (Spainyie: Departamento de Canelones), wi an aurie o 4,536 km² (1,752 square miles) an 485,240 inhabitants, is locatit tae the sooth o Uruguay. Its caipital is Canelones.
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[edit] Geography an climate
Neighbourin depairtments are Maldonado an Lavalleja tae the east, Flores tae the north, San José tae the wast, an Montevideo tae the sooth. Pairt o the soothren border is formed bi the Río de la Plata. It is the seicont smawest depairtment o the kintra efter that o Montevideo, but the seicont lairgest in population.
Locatit in the humid templated region, the average temperatur is law compared tae that o the rest o the kintra (aroond 15°C), as are the levels o precipitation (up tae 2,000 mm yearly, on average).
Bi aurie Canelones Depairtment is the seicont smawest o Uruguay's 19 depairtments.
[edit] Topography an hydrography
Canelones Depairtment, is characterized bi flat lands an absence o relief (as maist pairts o Uruguay), wi smaw coastal sand dunes at the sooth, an wi meadaes an woods in the center, north an wast.[1]
The depairtment is rich in waterways, wi mony rivers an streams. Housomeivver, there are twa rivers that staund oot for their importance: the Santa Lucía River an the Río de la Plata, which is actually a sea o salt water. On the coastline formed bi the Río de la Plata, there are mony spa touns an their respective beaches.
Santa Lucia River, meanwhile, forms the northren bundary wi Florida, which is separatit bi a brig kent as the Paso Pache.
[edit] Regions
Despite being a sma depairtment, Canelones haes a population o ower 500,000 inhabitants an ane o the heichest densities in the kintra wi 107 inhabitants per square kilometer.[2]
The depairtment is dividit intae aprox. 20 sections. Athin these, there are significant populations centers, some o which hae the status o municipality, ithers are pairt o recently formed ceeties bi decree, an then there are an aa those that dae no hae enough inhabitants an are therefore aften considered simple population entities wi nae mayor or govrenment, remainin unner the direct jurisdiction o the Municipality o Canelones (in Spainyie, Intendencia Municipal Canelones or Comuna Canaria), which is based in the depairtmental caipital, Canelones.
[edit] History
Canelones wis ane o the nine oreeginal depairtments creatit in 1830. Ower the years its bundaries hae chyngit little.
[edit] Economy
Agricultur is ane o the principal contributors tae the economy o Canelones. The cultivation o grapevines is widespread, an the aurie is a major contributor tae Uruguay's burgeonin wine industry. In addition cereal crops, principally maize are produced, as are a wide variety o fruits an vegetables. Tourism, in the eastren coastal aurie, is an aw a major source o income for the depairtment, an haes enabled the development o important urban centres, such as Atlántida.
[edit] Population an Demographics
As o the census o 2004, there wur 485,240 people[3] and 153,931 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males.[4]
[edit] Main Urban CentresPopulation statit as per 2004 census.[5]
(* Resorts o the Costa de Oro) [edit] Ither touns an veelages
[edit] Rural populationAccordin tae the 2004 census, Canelones depairtment haes an additional rural poulation o 55,128. [edit] See an aa[edit] References
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