Pueblo Lavalleja or Colonia Lavalleja is a village or populated centre in the sparsely populated north part of the Salto Department

Salto Department

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...

 of northwestern 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 between the rivers Río Arapey Grande and the Río Arapey Chico, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Ruta 4. About 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) west of the village, there is a monument to Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Juan Antonio Lavalleja was an Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. Today's Lavalleja Department is named after him.-Pre-Independence role:...

. The former name of the area it occupies was Migliaro y Lluveras.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 1,049.

Year	Population
1963	178
1975	138
1985	249
1996	713
2004	1,049

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Pueblo Lavalleja