Cardona, Uruguay
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Cardona is a city in the Soriano Department, in southwestern Uruguay. The main square of the city is Plaza Artigas, featuring a monument to General Artigas.{{cn|date=February 2023}}
Geography
The city is located on the border with Colonia Department and it forms a unified population centre together with Florencio Sánchez, which is across the border and belongs to Colonia Department. Bulevard Cardona - Florencio Sanchez, which runs parallel to the railroad tracks, separates the two parts.
History
Cardona was founded on 17 October 1903. On 18 April 1910, it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 3.607. At the time the area it was in was called "La Lata del Perdido" and the village had previously been the head of the judicial section of "Perdido". On 12 June 1953, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley N° 11.946,{{cite web|url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=11946 |title=LEY N° 11.946 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1953 |accessdate=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114840/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=11946 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} and on 15 October 1963, it was further elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N° 13.167.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13167 |title=LEY N° 13.167 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1963 |accessdate=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216210424/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13167 |archive-date=16 February 2015 }}
Population
| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;"
! Year | Population |
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| 1908 | 2,231 |
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| 1963 | 4,110 |
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| 1975 | 4,104 |
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| 1985 | 3,822 |
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| 1996 | 4,579 |
| align="right"
| 2004 | 4,689 |
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| 2011 | 4,600 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143716/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |title=Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) |publisher=INE |date=2012 |accessdate=5 September 2012 }}
Places of worship
Government
The city mayor as of July 2010 is Raúl Bertinat.[http://www.ci.gub.uy/home/home/index.php?menu=sub1_13&t=secciones&secc=225 "MUNICIPIOS DE URUGUAY" at the Intendents' Congress website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308153806/http://www.ci.gub.uy/home/home/index.php?menu=sub1_13&t=secciones&secc=225 |date=2012-03-08 }} {{in lang|es}}
Twin towns
- {{flagicon|CAT}} Cardona, Catalonia{{cite web|url=http://www.consuladouy-bcn.es/?p=526|title=Hermanamiento Cardona Catalana y Uruguaya|author=General Consul of Uruguay in Barcelona|date=4 February 2010|publisher=|accessdate=7 May 2011|archive-date=5 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105020828/http://www.consuladouy-bcn.es/?p=526|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20110325140301/http://www.cardona.com.uy:80/}} {{in lang|es}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010052828/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/17_UYSO/Localidades/A1H_17521_05622%20Cardona%20y%20otra.pdf INE map of Cardona and Florencio Sánchez (Colonia)]
{{Soriano Department}}
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Category:Populated places in the Soriano Department
Category:Populated places established in 1903
Category:1903 establishments in Uruguay
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