Villa Darwin

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|other_name = Sacachispas

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|subdivision_type1 = Department

|subdivision_name1 = Soriano Department

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Villa Darwin is a village or populated centre in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay.

Geography

The village is located {{convert|14|km}} into a road that splits off Route 14 in a northward direction {{convert|35|km}} east of Mercedes. The rural area it is in, is known as Sacachispas. Its nearest populated place is the village of Palmar in an east-northeast direction. The stream Arroyo Perico Flaco flows along the east limits of the village, {{convert|4|km}} south of the point where it discharges into the Río Negro.

Population

In 2011 Villa Darwin had a population of 456.{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/soriano.html |title=Censos 2011 Soriano (needs flash plugin) |date=2012 |publisher=INE |access-date=30 August 2012}}

class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;" ! Year	Population
align="right" \| 1963	445
align="right" \| 1975	502
align="right" \| 1985	513
align="right" \| 1996	491
align="right" \| 2004	582
align="right" \| 2011	456

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraV.doc |title=1963–1996 Statistics / V |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay |date=2004 |format=DOC |access-date=13 July 2011}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20121010052905/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/17_UYSO/Localidades/A3H_17824%20Sacachispas.pdf INE map of Villa Darwin]

Category:Populated places in the Soriano Department