It is located on the intersection of Route 5 with Route 42, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Montevideo, 43 kilometres (27 mi) north-northwest of Florida, the capital city of the department, and 43 kilometres (27 mi) south-southeast of Durazno, the capital city of the Durazno Department.
Historyedit
First on 6 July 1853 and again on 22 July 1861 the creation of a village here was approved by the Acts of Ley N° 331 and Ley N° 695 respectively. The village was founded in October 1874 in the area of the railway station. On 13 June 1906, its status was established as "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 3.042, at the time serving as head of the judicial section of "Estación Sarandí". It was renamed "Sarandí" and its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 15 October 1923 by the Act of Ley N° 7.638.[1] Finally, on 1 July 1956 it was renamed "Sarandí Grande" and its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N° 11.960.[2]
Populationedit
In 2011, Sarandi Grande had a population of 6,130.[3] It is the second largest city of the department.
Year
Population
1908
3,579
1963
5,295
1975
5,545
1985
5,379
1996
5,635
2004
6,362
2011
6,130
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[1]
sarandí, grande, city, north, florida, department, central, uruguay, city, uruguaylocation, uruguaycoordinates, 56667, 33333, 56667, 33333country, uruguaydepartment, floridafounded1874population, 2011, census, total6, 130time, zoneutc, 3postal, code94001dial, . Sarandi Grande is a city in the north of the Florida Department of central Uruguay Sarandi GrandeCitySarandi Grande UruguaySarandi GrandeLocation in UruguayCoordinates 33 34 0 S 56 20 0 W 33 56667 S 56 33333 W 33 56667 56 33333Country UruguayDepartment FloridaFounded1874Population 2011 Census Total6 130Time zoneUTC 3Postal code94001Dial plan 598 4354 4 digits Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of worship 5 Economy 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksGeography editIt is located on the intersection of Route 5 with Route 42 about 140 kilometres 87 mi from Montevideo 43 kilometres 27 mi north northwest of Florida the capital city of the department and 43 kilometres 27 mi south southeast of Durazno the capital city of the Durazno Department History editFirst on 6 July 1853 and again on 22 July 1861 the creation of a village here was approved by the Acts of Ley N 331 and Ley N 695 respectively The village was founded in October 1874 in the area of the railway station On 13 June 1906 its status was established as Pueblo village by the Act of Ley N 3 042 at the time serving as head of the judicial section of Estacion Sarandi It was renamed Sarandi and its status was elevated to Villa town on 15 October 1923 by the Act of Ley N 7 638 1 Finally on 1 July 1956 it was renamed Sarandi Grande and its status was elevated to Ciudad city by the Act of Ley N 11 960 2 Population editIn 2011 Sarandi Grande had a population of 6 130 3 It is the second largest city of the department Year Population 1908 3 579 1963 5 295 1975 5 545 1985 5 379 1996 5 635 2004 6 362 2011 6 130 Source Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Uruguay 1 Places of worship editOur Lady of the Pillar Parish Church Roman Catholic Economy editThe economy relies on dairy farming and agriculture citation needed See also editGuarani languageReferences edit a b Statistics of urban localities 1908 2004 see Sarandi and Sarandi Grande PDF INE 2012 Retrieved 4 September 2012 LEY N 11 960 Republica Oriental del Uruguay Poder Legislativo 1956 Retrieved 4 September 2012 Censos 2011 Cuadros Florida INE 2012 Archived from the original on 14 November 2012 Retrieved 25 August 2012 External links editINE map of Sarandi Grande nbsp This article about a place in Florida Department is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarandi Grande amp oldid 1137554413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
