Cruz de los Caminos, Tacuarembó

Cruz de los Caminos
Cruz de los Caminos; (Cuchilla de) Caraguatá
	Village
	Cruz de los Caminos Location in Uruguay
	Coordinates: 32°13′57″S54°58′16″W / 32.23250°S 54.97111°W Coordinates: 32°13′57″S54°58′16″W / 32.23250°S 54.97111°W
Country	Uruguay
Department	Tacuarembó Department
Population (2011)
• Total	463
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	45019
Dial plan	+598 463 (+5 digits)

Last updated March 22, 2019

Cruz de los Caminos, formerly named Cuchilla de Caraguatá or Caraguatá is a village in the Tacuarembó Department of Uruguay. It took its original name from a nearby range of hills, known as the Cuchilla de Caraguatá. The word 'Caraguatá' refers to a local plant and is also the name of a nearby stream.

Tacuarembó is the largest department of Uruguay and it is part of its northern region. Its capital is Tacuarembó. It borders Rivera Department to its north and east, the departments of Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro to its west and has the river Río Negro flowing along its south border, separating it from the departments of Durazno and Cerro Largo.

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.44 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.

The Cuchilla de Caraguatá is a range of hills in Uruguay.

Location

The village is situated in the east of the department, 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) southeast of Las Toscas, on km. 360 of Route 6 and on its intersection with Route 26.

Las Toscas is a village or populated centre in the Tacuarembó Department of northern-central Uruguay.

Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil. The road is approximately 428 kilometres long till Vichadero.

Population

In 2011 Cruz de los Caminos had a population of 463.^[1] No former census had given results for this location.

Year	Population
2011	463

Public schools

In Cruz de los Caminos is Public School 61, while 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) to its west, on Route 6 is Public School 26, next to the police station. About 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) west-southwest of Las Toscas is the rural area Public School 28, named Costas de Caraguatá.

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References

↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Tacuarembó". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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[1] "Censos 2011 Cuadros Tacuarembó". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

Cruz de los Caminos (Cuchilla de) Caraguatá
Village
Cruz de los Caminos Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 32°13′57″S54°58′16″W / 32.23250°S 54.97111°W / -32.23250; -54.97111 Coordinates: 32°13′57″S54°58′16″W / 32.23250°S 54.97111°W / -32.23250; -54.97111
Country	Uruguay
Department	Tacuarembó Department
Population (2011)
• Total	463
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	45019
Dial plan	+598 463 (+5 digits)