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1817 – 20 January: city occupied by Luso-Brazilian forces. 1821 – City becomes part of Brazilian province Cisplatina. 1823 – Siege of Montevideo (1823) 1825 – Hospital de Caridad founded. [2] 1828 City becomes capital of independent Oriental Republic of Uruguay. [1] British Cemetery established. 1829 – City wall dismantled. [citation ...
The Municipal centre of Photography includes the Photographic Archive of Montevideo, which is a service where the public can acquire copies from the material of the archive. [7] On the back side of the building, there is an external elevator taking the public to floor 22 of the building where there is a city observatory.
Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the president is both the head of state and head of government.The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country ...
Map of municipalities and departments of Uruguay as of 2021. The Uruguayan departments are subdivided into municipalities and, as of 2023, there are 127 municipalities. This second level administrative division system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009 and the first municipalities were created (or converted from Local Boards in the previous system) in March 2010.
Montevideo Department was one of the first departments created in the current territory of Uruguay, then Provincia Oriental. It was created on 27 January 1816 by Montevideo Cabildo's decree and approved by José Artigas on next 3 February, at the same time Maldonado, Soriano, Canelones, San José and Colonia departments were being created.
Since the establishment of the Uruguayan state in 1830, the departmental command was executed by the Political and Police Chief of Montevideo.On December 18, 1908, the Law of Establishment of Departmental Intendancies was enacted, with Daniel Muñoz as the first Intendant of the Montevideo Department, who held the office from 1909 until 1911.
Montevideo (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ v ɪ ˈ d eɪ oʊ /, [10] US also /-ˈ v ɪ d i oʊ /; [11] Spanish: [monteβiˈðeo]) is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) [12] in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi).
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