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Durazno
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Place details
- Locality
- Durazno
- Region
- Durazno
- Country
- Uruguay
- Population
- 33,926
- Timezone
- America/Montevideo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Durazno, Uruguay
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Capital city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia San Pedro de la ciudad de Durazno.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Iglesia San Pedro
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Uruguay
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1821
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 40279
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 30.5
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC -3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 91
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 97000
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Dial plan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- duraznenses
- Country
- Uruguay
- Located in
- Durazno Department
- Population
- 40279
- Area
- 30.479809
- Elevation
- 91
- Capital of
- Durazno Department
- Image
- Iglesia San Pedro de la ciudad de Durazno.jpg
- Households
- 15779
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- Durazno, Uruguay
- Commons category
- Durazno
- category for people born here
- Q8732741
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Durazno
- topic's main category
- Category:Ciudad de Durazno
- postal code
- 97000
- native label
- San Pedro del Durazno
- P8168
- Changara
- P12749
- pomander
- inception
- 1821-00-00
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Travel guide
Understand
Durazno started as a river crossing, located where Uruguay Route 5 crosses the Yí River (pronounced like "she"). The city's name, which means "peach" in Spanish, is said to come from a peach tree that was once located at the crossing.
The first president of Uruguay Fructuoso Rivera intended to move the capital of the country from Montevideo to this city. His house at the center of town is now a museum.
Get around
You can just walk around, it's a small city. There are taxis waiting at the bus terminal though. You can also call a taxi at or .
The central Plaza Independencia, between Oribe, Rivera, Batlle, and Piriz, is an important landmark.
Do
For most of the year, there's not all that much to do in Durazno. The exception is when there's a large event in town.
Pop music festival, (annually in January).
Eat
Durazno's tortas fritas are known for being the largest in Uruguay.
There are various restaurants on Gral. Manuel Oribe and around the various plazas.
Drink
Two bars in Gral. Manuel Oribe, near the bus terminal. Gets crowded around 01:00-02:00 Fridays and Saturdays.
Connect
Free public wifi is available at the Plaza Independencia. Look for the network "Ceibal".
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Transportation
- History
- Population
- Culture
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Durazno is the capital city of the department of Durazno in Uruguay.
==Geography== The city is located at the intersection of Routes 5 and 41, in the south of the department, close to the borders with the departments of Flores to the southwest and Florida to the southeast. It is only northeast of the city of Trinidad, capital of Flores department.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Durazno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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