Fraile Muerto

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Fraile Muerto is a town in the Cerro Largo Department of eastern Uruguay. Its name means "Dead Friar".

Geography

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It is located on Route 7, around {{convert|38|km}} west-southwest of Melo.

History

It was founded on 3 January 1908. Its original name was "Fructuoso Mazziotta", known also as "Wenceslao Silveira". On 17 July 1918 it was renamed to "Fraile Muerto" and its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 6.195 and then raised to "Villa" (town) on 19 December 1957 by the Act of Ley Nº 12.478.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12478 |title=LEY N° 12.478 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1957 |accessdate=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130421181359/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12478 |archivedate=21 April 2013 }}

Population

In 2011 Fraile Muerto had a population of 3,168.{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Cerro%20Largo/P_3_CLA.xls |title=Censos 2011 Cuadros Cerro Largo |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041650/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Cerro%20Largo/P_3_CLA.xls |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1908	3,922
align="right" \| 1963	2,576
align="right" \| 1975	2,468
align="right" \| 1985	2,903
align="right" \| 1996	3,214
align="right" \| 2004	3,229
align="right" \| 2011	3,168

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 (1908–2004) (see also "Fructuoso Mazziotta" & "Wenceslao Silveira") |publisher=INE |date=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=3 September 2012 |df= }}

Places of worship

Most Holy Redeemer Parish Church (Roman Catholic)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010044045/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/04_UYCL/Localidades/A2H_04521_828%20Fraile%20Muerto%20y%20otra.pdf INE map of Fraile Muerto and Toledo]

Category:Populated places in the Cerro Largo Department

Category:Populated places established in 1908

Category:1908 establishments in Uruguay