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Durazno Department
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Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Capital of department
- Durazno
- Intendant
- Carmelo Vidalín
- Ruling party
- Partido Nacional
- Total
- 11,643 km (4,495 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 143 m (469 ft)
- Density
- 5.3260/km (13.794/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Duraznense
- Time zone
- UTC-3 (UYT)
- Iso 3166 code
- UY-DU
- Website
- durazno.gub.uy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Uruguay
- Demonym
- duraznense
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Uruguay
- Capital
- Durazno
- Population
- 62010
- Area
- 11643
- Elevation
- 143
- Shares border with
- Cerro Largo Department
- Image
- AMANECER DE LA IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO.jpg
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- Commons category
- Durazno Department
- topic's main category
- Category:Durazno Department
- inception
- 1822-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Durazno Department
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yí River in Durazno Department Durazno ( Spanish pronunciation: [duˈɾasno]; Uruguayan Spanish: [duˈɾahno]) is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means "peach" in Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket. It is located in the centre of the country, and is bounded to the north by the Río Negro and the Río Yi to the South. To its north are the departments of Río Negro and Tacuarembó, to it southeast the departments of Treinta y Tres, to its south the departments of Flores and Florida, while on its east is the department of Cerro Largo.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Durazno Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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