Chapicuy

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Chapicuy is a village in the Paysandú Department of western Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located in northeastern Paysandú, on Route 3 at km 454 near the city of Salto. It is on the shores of the Arroyo Carpinchuri (Carpinchuri stream), a tributary of Arroyo Chapicuy Grande (Big Chapicuy stream).:es:Chapicuy

History

On June 14, 1818, it was the site of a famous battle where the Uruguayan “Banda Oriental” defeated the Portuguese Army in their fight for independence.:es:Batalla de Chapicuy

Population

According to the 2011 census, Chapicuy had a population of 735.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/paysandu.html |title=Censos 2011 Paysandú (needs flash plugin) |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=31 August 2012}}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1963	162
align="right" \| 1975	113
align="right" \| 1985	196
align="right" \| 1996	448
align="right" \| 2004	637
align="right" \| 2011	735

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraC.doc |title=1963–1996 Statistics / C |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay |date=2004 |format=DOC |accessdate=29 June 2011 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615014550/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraC.doc |url-status=dead }}

Economy

The main sources of income are cattle, agriculture and forestry.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010051515/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/11_UYPA/Localidades/A3H_11926%20Chapicuy.pdf INE map of Chapicuy]

Category:Populated places in the Paysandú Department