Sequeira, Uruguay

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Sequiera

Pueblo Sequiera
Populated rural area
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Sequiera
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 31°2′0″S56°52′0″W / 31.03333°S 56.86667°W / -31.03333; -56.86667 Coordinates: 31°2′0″S56°52′0″W / 31.03333°S 56.86667°W / -31.03333; -56.86667
CountryFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Department Artigas Department
Population
(2011)
 • Total1,149
Time zone UTC - 3
Postal code
55007
Dial plan +598 4776 (+4 digits)

Sequiera is a village ("pueblo") in the south of the Artigas Department in northwestern Uruguay.

Artigas Department Place in 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 republic in South America

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.

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Location

It is located on Km.125 of Route 4, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-southwest of Artigas, the capital of the department, and 127 kilometres (79 mi) east-northeast of Salto, the capital of the Salto Department.

Route 4 (Uruguay) highway in Uruguay

Route 4 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Andrés Artigas, a national hero of Uruguay. One fragment of it splits off Route 5 at Carlos Reyles of Durazno Department and ends at Route 20 in Río Negro Department, while a longer part starts off Route 90 in Paysandú Department near Guichón and connects with the city of Artigas in the north. The two parts are of a total length of approximately 330 kilometres (210 mi).

Artigas, Uruguay Capital city in Artigas, Uruguay

Artigas is the capital of the Artigas Department of Uruguay. Its name comes from that of the national hero, José Gervasio Artigas, who fought for the emancipation of the River Plate, and sought to create a federative nation from these colonies. As of the census of 2011, it is the eleventh most populous city of the country.

Salto, Uruguay Department capital city in Salto, Uruguay

Salto is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay. As of the 2011 census it had a population of 104,028 and is the second most populated city in Uruguay.

Geography

It is situated between the streams Arroyo Sequeira to the east and Zanja de los Talas to the west, both tributaries of Río Arapey Chico, which flows 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south of the populated area.

History

The name comes from the Guaraní-mission commander Ramón Sequeira, who in 1832 rebelled against the government of Fructuoso Rivera. On June 5 of that year Sequeira was surprised and defeated by troops led by Bernabé Rivera on the Arapey Chico.

Fructuoso Rivera President of Uruguay

José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, twice served as Uruguay's President and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War. He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely eliminate the native Charrúa during the 1831 Massacre of Salsipuedes.

In 1997 a tornado swept through the town, destroyed traditional wood and mud huts Sequeira was completely rebuilt with more solid buildings that are distributed on both sides of Route 4.

Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley 17.413 on 2 November 2001. [1]

Population

In 2011, Sequiera had a population of 1149. [2]

YearPopulation
1963880
1975802
1985650
1996877
2004970
20111,149

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay [3]

Life expectancy

Sequeira is noted for having an unusually high number of centenarians. In 2003 these were Marta Caballero (102), Augusta Rodríguez Mezquita (113), Francisca Paz (101), Maneca Tejeira (106) and Bartolo Díaz (106).

Economy

It is a major service centre for sheep farming.

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References

  1. ↑ "LEY N° 17.413". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Censos 2011 Cuadros Artigas". INE. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Statistics of urban localities (1963–2004)" (PDF). INE. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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