Dieciocho de Julio

Dieciocho de Julio 18 de Julio
—  Small town  —
Fuerte San Miguel
Dieciocho de Julio Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 33°41′0″S 53°33′20″W / 33.683333°S 53.55556°W / -33.683333; -53.55556Coordinates: 33°41′0″S 53°33′20″W / 33.683333°S 53.55556°W / -33.683333; -53.55556
Country	Uruguay
Department	Rocha Department
Population (2004)
- Total	1,191
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	27101
Area code(s)	+598 4474

Dieciocho de Julio or 18 de Julio is a villa (small town) in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. The town lies about9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Chuy along Route 19. It was elevated to the category of "Villa" on 20 June 1961 by decree Ley No. 12.876.^[1] The next village to its west is San Luis al Medio.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 1,191.^[2]

Year	Population
1963	747
1975	743
1985	872
1996	1,139
2004	1,191

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay^[3]

Fuerte San Miguel

Features

In the town, there is the Fortin de San Miguel, a castle which has been converted to an inn and hotel.

Fuerte San Miguel

At the east end of the town is a hill on which the Fuerte San Miguel is situated, a prominent fort during colonial times, built in 1737 by the Portuguese. Between the fort and the town is also the Criollo Museum, which displays outdoors replicas of the life of the gauchos, as well as indoors exhibits of the carts and carriages of the times.

References

1. ^ "LEY N° 12.876". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1961. http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=12876&Anchor=. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
2. ^ "2004 Census of Rocha department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Rocha/Cuadro7_14.XLS. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
3. ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / D" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraD.doc. Retrieved 27 June 2011. 

External links

• INE map of Dieciocho de Julio