Colonia Department
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| Flag | Coat of Arms |
| Image:Missing flag.png | Image:Colonia Department Coa.png |
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Capital: | Colonia |
| Area: | 6.106 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 119.266 (2004) |
| Pop. Density: | 19.53 inh./km² |
| Demonym:: | coloniense |
| Website: | colonia.gub.uy (in Spanish) |
| ISO 3166-2: | UY-CO |
| Politics | |
| Intendant: | Walter Zimmer (Partido Nacional) |
| Ruling party: | Partido Nacional |
| Map | |
| Image:Uruguay-Colonia.png | |
Colonia is a departamento in southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city. It is the region where the main production of dairy products from Uruguay is done. It's proximity to Buenos Aires makes it the main entry point for tourists coming from Argentina into Uruguay.
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Population and Demographics
As of the census of 2004, there were 119,266 people and 40,243 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2. For every 100 females, there were 96.7 males.
- Population growth rate: 0.448% (2004)
- Birth Rate: 15.05 births/1,000 people (2004)
- Death Rate: 9.97 deaths/1,000 people
- Average age: 33.5 (32.5 Males, 34.6 Females)
- Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
| total population: | 76.57 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| male: | 72.68 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| female: | 80.61 years
[edit] Main Urban Centres(Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise)
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