Palmar, Uruguay

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Palmar is a village in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located on Route 55 and the south bank of Río Negro, just south of the Palmar Dam. It lies about {{convert|75|km}} east of Mercedes and at the border with Río Negro Department.

History

On 26 March 1982, the urban conglomeration named "Coronel Lorenzo Latorre", which had been formed in 1973 as a result of the construction of the Palmar Dam, was given the status of "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Decreto-Ley Nº 15.254.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=15254 |title=Ley Nº 15.254 |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1982 |accessdate=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121836/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=15254 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} On 28 December 1990, it was renamed "Palmar" by the Act of Ley Nº 16.170.{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=16170 |title=Ley Nº 16.170 (see article 705) |publisher=República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1990 |accessdate=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001302/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=16170 |archive-date=1 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Population

In 2011 Palmar had a population of 381.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/soriano.html |title=Censos 2011 Soriano (needs flash plugin) |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=30 August 2012}}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1985	834
align="right" \| 1996	703
align="right" \| 2004	471
align="right" \| 2011	381

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 |title=Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004) |publisher=INE |date=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=7 September 2012}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010052841/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/17_UYSO/Localidades/A3H_17624%20Palmar.pdf INE map of Palmar]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120111142828/http://www.sorianototal.com/Palmar/RepresaPalmarSorianoUruguay.htm#Pueblo Site about the Constitution Dam - About the village of Palmar]

Category:Populated places in the Soriano Department