Cuareim | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 30°13′30″S57°34′5″W / 30.22500°S 57.56806°W Coordinates: 30°13′30″S57°34′5″W / 30.22500°S 57.56806°W | |
Country | |
Department | Artigas Department |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 710 |
Time zone | UTC - 3 |
Postal code | 55100 |
Dial plan | +598 4779 (+4 digits) |
Cuareim is a village in the Artigas Department of northern Uruguay.
Artigas Department is the northernmost department of Uruguay, located in its northwestern region. Its capital is the city of Artigas, which borders on the Brazilian city of Quaraí. Artigas Department has an area of 11,928 square kilometres (4,605 sq mi), making it the fifth largest in the country. The population is 73,378 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census.
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 kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.
It is located on the shores of the Cuareim River and is northeast of Bella Unión, forming a rural suburb of the city.
Bella Unión is a city in the north part of Artigas Department of Uruguay.
In 2011 Cuareim had a population of 710. [1]
Year | Population |
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1963 | 369 |
1975 | 372 |
1985 | 455 |
1996 | 688 |
2004 | 780 |
2011 | 710 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay [2]
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