José Pedro Varela, Uruguay

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José Pedro Varela is a small city in the north of Lavalleja Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is named after the sociologist and politician José Pedro Varela.

Geography

The city is located on Route 8 and the banks of Arroyo Corrales, which is the border with Treinta y Tres Department, about {{convert|27|km}} south of the city of Treinta y Tres and {{convert|135|km}} northeast of the department capital Minas.

History

A populated centre was founded here on 24 August 1898. On 1 February 1918, its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by decree Ley N° 5.639 and on 16 October 1958 to "Villa" (town) by decree N° 12.553{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12553 |title=Ley Nº 12.553 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |year=1958 |accessdate=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221447/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12553 |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} It received the status of "Ciudad" (city) on 19 November 1967 by decree Ley Nº 13.631.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13631 |title=LEY N° 13.631 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |year=1967 |accessdate=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175557/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=13631 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}

Population

In 2011, José Pedro Varela had a population of 5,118.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Lavalleja/P_3_LAV.xls |title=Censos 2011 Cuadros Lavalleja |year=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041820/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Lavalleja/P_3_LAV.xls |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1908	1,200
align="right" \| 1963	2,982
align="right" \| 1975	3,543
align="right" \| 1985	4,077
align="right" \| 1996	4,983
align="right" \| 2004	5,332
align="right" \| 2011	5,118

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 (1908–2004) |publisher=INE |year=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=4 September 2012 }}

Places of worship

St. Charles Borromeo Parish Church (Roman Catholic)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010045125/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/09_UYLA/Localidades/A2H_09522%20Jose%20Pedro%20Varela.pdf INE map of José Pedro Varela]

Category:Populated places in the Lavalleja Department

Category:Populated places established in 1898