Casupá

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|settlement_type = Town

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|image_caption = The main square of Casupá

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|subdivision_type1 = Department

|subdivision_name1 = Florida Department

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1908

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|population_as_of = 2011

|population_total = 2402

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|timezone = UTC -3

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = 94100

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|area_code = +598 4311 (+4 digits)

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Casupá is a town in the Florida Department of southern-central Uruguay.

Geography

The town is located on Route 7, around {{convert|105|km}} northeast of Montevideo.

History

Casupá was founded on 15 September 1908, and on 12 June 1924, it was declared "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 7.728. It was then elevated to the category of "Villa" (town) on 5 July 1956 by the Act of Ley No. 12.297.{{cite web |url= http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12297 |title= LEY N° 12.297 |publisher= República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |year= 1956 |accessdate= 27 June 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201131/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12297 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}

Population

In 2011, Casupá had a population of 2,402.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Florida/P_3_FLA.xls |title=Censos 2011 Cuadros Florida |year=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041429/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Florida/P_3_FLA.xls |archive-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1963	2,044
align="right" \| 1975	2,330
align="right" \| 1985	2,351
align="right" \| 1996	2,593
align="right" \| 2004	2,668
align="right" \| 2011	2,402

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://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20091113143716/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2009 |title=Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) |publisher=INE |year=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=4 September 2012 |df= }}

Places of worship

Parish Church of Mary Help of Christians (Roman Catholic)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130309070443/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/08_UYFD/Localidades/A1H_08521%20Casup%C3%A1.pdf INE map of Casupá]

Category:Populated places in the Florida Department