Colonia Palma

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Colonia Palma is a village in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Route 3, about {{convert|83|km}} south of Bella Unión.

History

On 13 September 2006, its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 18.014.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=18014 |title=Ley Nº 18.014 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=2006 |accessdate=6 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202447/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=18014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Population

In 2011 Colonia Palma had a population of 440.{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/artigas.html |title=Censos 2011 Artigas (needs flash plugin) |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009172500/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/artigas.html |archivedate=9 October 2012 }}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1996	166
align="right" \| 2004	416
align="right" \| 2011	440

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=2009-11-13 |title=Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) |publisher=INE |date=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=6 September 2012 |df= }}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010043157/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/02_UYAR/Localidades/A3H_02959%20Colonia%20Palma.pdf INE map of Colonia Palma]

Category:Populated places in the Artigas Department