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Minas in Uruguay URUGUAY uruguay. minas Informations and links Minas![]() Map Minas Photos Minas Population on 26-Jun-05 : 37925 ------------------------------- Minas is the capital of the department of Lavalleja in Uruguay. Its population, as of 2004, is 37,149. Currently holds the world's largest horse statue; Cerro Artigas in commemoration of the 19th Century leader General Jose Artigas. Its foundation was in 1783, when a number of families from Asturias and Galicia was settled in the area. It was then called Villa de la Concepci?n de las Minas. Villa Conception of the Minas was founded on 1783, 30 years after the governor of Montevideo, Jose Joaquin de Viana, officially raised the creation of a population "in the zone of the mines". The first 152 colonies were Asturian and Galician. They arrived at the zone after a frustrated attempt to populate the Patagonia. The design of its urban plant was in charge of Rafael Perez of the Port. Nailed between mountain ranges, in the river basins of streams San Francisco and Campanero, the present capital of the department of Lavalleja is 121 kilometers northeast of Montevideo. Minas stands out by its rich cultural history, the cleanliness of its streets, the ever flowing landscape and the cordiality of its inhabitants. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent..
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