- Salto Department
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seat =Salto
parts_type =Urban Centres
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p1 =Belén
p2 =Constitución
p3 =Salto
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leader_title =Intendant
leader_party =FA
leader_name =Ramón Fonticiella
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leader_name1 =Frente_Amplio
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area_total_km2 =14163
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population_as_of =2004
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population_total =123120
population_density_km2 =8.69
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population_blank1 =salteño
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website = [http://www.salto.gub.uy/ salto.gub.uy]
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blank_info =UY-SASalto 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):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 ofArtigas and Salto, close to the Brazilian border.Noted local individual
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Rafael Addiego Bruno ,President of Uruguay in1985 as an interim measure, was born in Salto.
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