Egaña is a village in the Soriano Department

Soriano Department

Soriano is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Mercedes.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 84,563 people and 26,105 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2...

 of western Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) off Ruta 3, at about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of José Enrique Rodó and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) southeast of Palmitas

Palmitas

Palmitas is a small town in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay. It is located east of the intersection of Route 2 with Route 105, about southeast of the department capital city Mercedes. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" category on 6 November 1953 by decree Ley No. 12.021...

. The railroad track from Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

 to Mercedes

Mercedes, Uruguay

Mercedes is the capital and largest city of the department of Soriano in Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 2 with Route 14, and is situated on the south bank of the Río Negro. Also Route 21 from Colonia del Sacramento of Colonia Department terminates in this city.Mercedes is an...

and further north passes through the village.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 852.

Year	Population
1963	675
1975	673
1985	690
1996	709
2004	852

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Egaña