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Treinta y Tres
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Place details
- Locality
- Treinta y Tres
- Region
- Treinta y Tres
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 25,653
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Department
- Treinta y Tres
- Founded
- 10 March 1853
- Mayor
- Mario Silvera Araujo ( Partido Nacional )
- Total
- 18.1 km (7.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 63 m (207 ft)
- Density
- 1,430/km (3,700/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Treintaitresino
- Time zone
- UTC -3
- Dial plan
- +598 445 (+5 digits)
- Climate
- Cfa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- olimareña
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Treinta y Tres Department
- Population
- 25870
- Area
- 18.116358
- Elevation
- 54
- Capital of
- Treinta y Tres Department
- Image
- Treinta y tres.jpg
- Households
- 12223
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Treinta y Tres
- Commons category
- Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
- postal code
- 33000
- inception
- 1853-03-10
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Travel guide
Understand
Its name means "Thirty Three" and refers to the 19th-century national heroes, the 33 Orientales, who established the independence of Uruguay. Coincidentally, the city sits near the 33°S line of latitude. The townspeople are called treintaitresino, or olimareño.
In 2011, it was home to 25,000 people.
Get in
Buses are available from cities such as Montevideo, Maldonado, Melo, Minas, and Río Branco.
The city is located on Route 8.
See
Agustín Araujo Museum thumb|Obelisk of Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres has several rivers, one of them frequently used as a beach by visitors and locals is the Olimar River, in which its three bridges stand out.
Do
thumb|protected area of Quebrada de los Cuervos The city has two large parks: Parque Dionisio Díaz and Parque del Río Olimar Folklore Festival ("Olimar Festival") held during the week before Easter
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Treinta y Tres ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtɾejnta‿j ˈtɾes]) is the capital city of the Treinta y Tres Department in eastern Uruguay. It is known for its role in the development of folk music.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Treinta y Tres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.