Rocha Department
{{Short description|Department of Uruguay}}
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| map_caption = Map of Rocha Department
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rocha Department and its capital
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| established_title = Inception
| established_date = 1880
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| seat_type = Capital of Department
| seat = Rocha
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| leader_title = Intendant
| leader_name = Alejo Umpiérrez
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| leader_name1 = Partido Nacional
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| area_total_km2 = 10,551
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| elevation_m = 123
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| population_total = 80707
| population_as_of = 2023 census
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| population_demonym = Rochense
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| iso_code = UY-RO
| website = {{URL|http://www.rocha.gub.uy}}
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Rocha ({{IPA|es|ˈrotʃa}}) is a department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, while to its northeast Laguna Merín forms part of its border with Brazil and at the south end of the lake it also borders the southernmost end of Brazil, with the city of Chuy "shared" between both countries, the border passing through its main commercial avenue.
Rocha has natural beauties like Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Santa Teresa National Park. It is well known for its beach resorts, like Punta del Diablo or La Esmeralda, which swell with visitors during the summer holidays. Inland, the primary economy of Rocha is based on large cattle ranches.
History
On 7 July 1880, the department of Rocha was formed from territory that had belonged to the department of Maldonado since the first division of the Republic in departments in 1819.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
Population and Demographics
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As of the census of 2011, Rocha Department had a population of 68,088 (33,269 male and 34,819 female) and 46,071 households.{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/rocha.html |title=Censos 2011 Rocha (needs flash plugin) |publisher= INE |year=2012 |access-date=30 August 2012}}
Demographic data for Rocha Department in 2010:
- Population growth rate: -0.082%
- Birth Rate: 14.04 births/1,000 people
- Death Rate: 10.44 deaths/1,000 people
- Average age: 35.0 (34.0 male, 36.0 female)
- Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Total population: 75.82 years
- Male: 72.17 years
- Female: 79.43 years
- Average per household income: 19,978 pesos/month
- Urban per capita income: 8,635 pesos/month
= Main Urban Centres =
= Other towns and villages =
Population stated as per 2011 census.
| class="wikitable"
! Town / Village | Population |
| 18 de Julio | 977 |
| Punta del Diablo | 823 |
| San Luis al Medio | 598 |
| La Coronilla | 510 |
| Puimayen | 505 |
=Rural population=
According to the 2011 census, Rocha department has an additional rural population of 4,146.
{{wide image|FaroPalomaWeb.JPG|750px|La Paloma, Rocha}}
In literature
Rocha department features in Carlos Maria Dominguez's 2004 novel Casa de Papel (trs English, 2005, The House of Paper). The narrator visits the ruins of a house of books ergo, 'house of paper', which had been built and then destroyed by an obsessive book collector on the sand spit separating Rocha lagoon from the ocean.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Wikivoyage|Atlantic Coast (Uruguay)}}
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.rocha.gub.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=202&Itemid=585 Official site of the Department of Rocha - About the Department]
- [http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/14_UYRO/A0V_14Departamental.pdf INE map of Rocha Department]
- [http://www.turismodeluruguay.com/ingles/infogral/departamentos/rocha/framedown.htm Tourism in Uruguay, Rocha]
- [http://www.periodicas.edu.uy/Nuestra_tierra/pdfs/Los_Departamentos_10.pdf Nuestra Terra, Colección Los Departamentos, Vol.10 "Rocha"]
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{{Rocha Department}}
{{Coast of Rocha}}
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