Pirarajá

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Pirarajá is a village in the Lavalleja Department of southeastern Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on Route 8 and on its junction with Route 58, about

{{convert|34|km}} north of Mariscala and {{convert|95|km}} northeast of Minas.

History

Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 22 December 1906 by decree Ley Nº 3.136.

Population

In 2011 Pirarajá had a population of 713.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/lavalleja.html |title=Censos 2011 Lavalleja (needs flash plugin) |year=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=31 August 2012}}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1963	914
align="right" \| 1975	910
align="right" \| 1985	773
align="right" \| 1996	737
align="right" \| 2004	967
align="right" \| 2011	713

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 |year=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=4 September 2012}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010045152/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/09_UYLA/Localidades/A3H_09721%20Piraraja.pdf INE map of Pirarajá]

Category:Populated places in the Lavalleja Department