Tacuarembó
Tacuarembó ( , literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay.
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- Tacuarembó
- Region
- Tacuarembó
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 51,854
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Tacuarembó ( , literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay.
==History== On 24 October 1831, a presidential decree by Fructuoso Rivera ordered the creation of a city in the region. The task was entrusted to the President's brother, Colonel Bernabé Rivera. thumb|left| Plaza 19 de Abril Colonel Rivera left Montevideo on a three-month journey with a caravan of wagons and families, towards the shore of the Tacuaremboty River, which in the Guaraní language means "river of the reeds". The area was surveyed and divided into blocks for settlement. On January 21, 1832, Coronel Rivera founded the town under the name "San Fructuoso", after Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona (whose Saint's Day is January 21) and after his (Benjamin's) brother.