Salto Depairtment is a depairtment o the northwastren region o Uruguay. It haes an aurie o 14,163km2 (5,468sqmi) an a population o 124,878. Its caipital is the ceety o Salto. It borders Artigas Depairtment tae its north, Paysandú Depairtment tae its sooth, the depairtments o Rivera an Tacuarembó tae its east an haes the Río Uruguay flowin at its wast, separatin it frae Argentinae.
The first diveesion o the Republic in sax depairtments happened on 27 Januar 1816. Twa mair depairtments wur formit later in that year. At the time, Paysandú Depairtment includit aw the territory north o the Río Negro, which includit the actual depairtments o Artigas, Rivera, Tacuarembó, Salto, Paysandú and Río Negro. On 17 Juin 1837 a new diveesion o Uruguay wis made an the depairtment o Salto wis creatit includin the actual Artigas Depairtment. Its feenal borders wur defined on 1 October 1884, whan the Artigas Depairtment wis separatit frae Salto bi the Act o Ley Nº 1854.
As o the 2011 census, Salto Depairtment haed a population o 124,878 (61,071 male an 63,807 female) an 42,486 hoosehaulds.[1]
Accordin tae the preliminar results o the 2011 census, Salto depairtment haes a landwart population o 7,849.[1]
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Topografic map o Salto Depairtment showin main populatit places an roads
The executive pouer is exercisit bi the Intendencia Municipal de Salto. The Intendant is electit ivery five year wi the possibility o reelection.
The follaein municipalities hae been formit in Salto Depairtment:
Constitución
Belén
Mataojo
Rincón de Valentín
Colonia Lavalleja
San Antonio
There are Mineral spas at Termas del Daymán an Termas del Arapey. The displays in Museo del Hombre y la Tecnología demonstrate man's interaction wi technologie.
Leet o populatit places in Uruguay#Salto Depairtment
"Uruguay en cifras"(PDF) (in Spanish). INE. 2011. Archived frae the original(PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
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