Tacuarembó

Tacuarembó (Spanish pronunciation: [ta.kwa.ɾemˈbo] Guarani: Takuarembo, literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay.

For other uses, see Tacuarembó (disambiguation).
Tacuarembó
Capital city
Governmental building and Cathedral of St. Fructuosus
Governmental building and Cathedral of St. Fructuosus
Tacuarembó is located in Uruguay
Tacuarembó
Tacuarembó
Coordinates: 31°44′0″S 55°59′0″W
Country Uruguay
DepartmentTacuarembó Department
FoundedJanuary 21, 1832
Founded byBernabé Rivera
Government
 • City ManagerWilson Ezquerra Martinotti
Elevation
137 m (449 ft)
Population
 (2011 Census)
 • Total54,755
 • Rank
8th
 • Demonym
tacuaremboense
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
45000
Dial plan+598 463 (+5 digits)
ClimateCfa

History

On 24 October 1831, a presidential decree by Fructuoso Rivera ordered the creation of a city in the region. The task was entrusted to the President's brother, Colonel Bernabé Rivera.

Plaza 19 de Abril

Colonel Rivera left Montevideo on a three-month journey with a caravan of wagons and families, towards the shore of the Tacuaremboty River, which in the Guaraní language means "river of the reeds". The area was surveyed and divided into blocks for settlement. On January 21, 1832, Coronel Rivera founded the town under the name "San Fructuoso", after Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona (whose Saint's Day is January 21[1]) and after his (Benjamin's) brother.

By 1837, San Fructuoso was a growing town. It had more than 500 residents, a justice of the peace, a military commander, a parish priest, a mayor, and a Public Works Commission. On 16 June 1837, the Tacuarembó Department was created (along with Salto and Paysandú), and San Fructuoso was named the capital.

Over time, the community continued to grow. According to the Act of Ley Nº 2.389, on 17 July 1895 it held the status of "Villa" (town). Its name changed to "Tacuarembó", and on 24 June 1912, its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 4.031.[2]

Population

In 2011, Tacuarembó had a population of 54,755.[3]

YearPopulation
19087,546
196328,182
197537,692
198540,511
199645,891
200451,224
201154,755

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2]

Geography

The city is located on Km. 390 of Route 5, 113 kilometres (70 mi) south-southwest of Rivera, the capital city of the Rivera Department. Routes 26 and 31 also meet Route 5 within the city limits. The stream Arroyo Tacuarembó Chico, a tributary of Río Tacuarembó, flows through the north part of the city. As of the census of 2011, it is the eighth most populated city of the country.

Climate

Tacuarembó has a humid subtropical climate, described by the Köppen climate classification as Cfa. Summers are warm to hot and winters are cool, with frequent frosts and fog. The precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average of 1,165 mm (45.87 in), and the annual average temperature is 18 °C (64.4 °F).

Climate data for Tacuarembó (1980–2009)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.3
(86.5)		 29.1
(84.4)		 27.6
(81.7)		 23.7
(74.7)		 19.9
(67.8)		 17.1
(62.8)		 17.0
(62.6)		 19.1
(66.4)		 20.1
(68.2)		 23.4
(74.1)		 26.1
(79.0)		 28.7
(83.7)		 23.5
(74.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.5
(76.1)		 23.7
(74.7)		 22.3
(72.1)		 18.7
(65.7)		 15.1
(59.2)		 12.6
(54.7)		 12.2
(54.0)		 13.8
(56.8)		 15.0
(59.0)		 18.1
(64.6)		 20.5
(68.9)		 22.9
(73.2)		 18.3
(64.9)
Average low °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7)		 18.4
(65.1)		 17.1
(62.8)		 13.8
(56.8)		 10.4
(50.7)		 8.1
(46.6)		 7.4
(45.3)		 8.6
(47.5)		 9.8
(49.6)		 12.8
(55.0)		 14.9
(58.8)		 17.2
(63.0)		 13.1
(55.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 117.6
(4.63)		 137.8
(5.43)		 144.7
(5.70)		 159.3
(6.27)		 126.8
(4.99)		 104.1
(4.10)		 75.2
(2.96)		 79.0
(3.11)		 107.1
(4.22)		 133.5
(5.26)		 120.2
(4.73)		 121.4
(4.78)		 1,426.6
(56.17)
Average relative humidity (%) 66 70 72 74 77 79 76 73 72 71 68 66 72
Mean monthly sunshine hours 282.1 228.8 226.3 180.0 176.7 141.0 164.3 182.9 189.0 220.1 252.0 272.8 2,516
Mean daily sunshine hours 9.1 8.1 7.3 6.0 5.7 4.7 5.3 5.9 6.3 7.1 8.4 8.8 6.9
Source: Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria[4]

Places of worship

Notable people

Writers Circe Maia, Mario Benedetti, Tomás de Mattos, and Jorge Majfud are from Tacuarembó, as is José Núñez, 19th century Nicaraguan politician. Some Uruguayans claim that the tango musician Carlos Gardel was born near Tacuarembó, in the village of Valle Edén.[5][6] Scholarly consensus is that he was born in Toulouse, France, then raised in Buenos Aires, but as an adult he obtained legal papers saying he was born in Tacuarembó, probably to avoid French military authorities.[7][8][9][10]

See also

References
  1. "Fructuoso (Obispo de Tarragona), Augurio y Eulogio (Diáconos), Santos".
  2. "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) (see also "San Fructuoso")" (PDF). INE. 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. "Censos 2011 Cuadros Tacuarembó". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. Castaño, José; Giménez, Agustín; Ceroni, Mauricio; Furest, José; Aunchayna, Rossina. "Caracterización Agroclimática del Uruguay 1980–2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  5. (in Spanish) En Argentina no dejan en paz a Gardel, El País, retrieved 2012-10-04.
  6. Victoria Molnar (October 2012). "Nos contaron algo que no tiene nada que ver con Gardel" (in Spanish). El País Digital. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. Verónica Dema (September 20, 2012). "Fin del misterio: muestran la partida de nacimiento de Gardel" [End of the mystery: they show Gardel's birth certificate]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  8. Collier, Simon (1986). The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 5. ISBN 0822984989.
  9. Barsky, Julián; Barsky, Osvaldo (2004). Gardel: La biografía (in Spanish). Taurus. ISBN 9870400132.
  10. Ruffinelli, Jorge (2004). La sonrisa de Gardel: Biografía, mito y ficción (in Spanish). Ediciones Trilce. p. 31. ISBN 9974323568.
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