Salto Department

Salto
—  Department  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates (Dept. Centre): 31°18′57″S 57°02′12″W / 31.31583°S 57.03667°W / -31.31583; -57.03667
Country	Uruguay
Capital	Salto
Urban Centres	List Belén Constitución Salto
Government
- Intendant	Ramón Fonticiella (FA)
- Ruling party	Frente Amplio
Area
- Total	5,468.4 sq mi (14,163 km2)
Population (2004)
- Total	123,120
- Density	22.5/sq mi (8.69/km2)
- Demonym	salteño
ISO 3166-2	UY-SA
Website	salto.gub.uy

Salto Department is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Salto.

Population and Demographics

As of the census of 2004, there were 123,120 people and 34,441 households in the department. The average household size was 3.5. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males.

• Population growth rate: 0.970% (2004)
• Birth Rate: 20.49 births/1,000 people (2004)
• Death Rate: 7.96 deaths/1,000 people
• Average age: 27.2 (26.2 Males, 28.3 Females)
• Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):

• Average Family Size: 2.81 children/woman
• Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 3,222.8 pesos/month

Main Urban Centres

(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)

History

The Battle of Masoller, a noteworthy event in Uruguayan history, was fought on September 1 1904; Masoller is situated on the boundary between the departments of Artigas and Salto, close to the Brazilian border.

Noted local individual

• Rafael Addiego Bruno, President of Uruguay in 1985 as an interim measure, was born in Salto.

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Coordinates: 31°18′57″S 57°02′12″W / 31.31583°S 57.03667°W / -31.31583; -57.03667