Soriano Department

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Statistics
Capital:	Mercedes
Area:	9.008 km²
Inhabitants:	84.563 (2004)
Pop. Density:	9.39 inh./km²
Demonym:	sorianense
Website:	(none)
ISO 3166-2:	UY-SO
Politics
Intendant:	Guillermo Bisozzi (Partido Nacional)
Ruling party:	Partido Nacional
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Departments of Uruguay: Soriano

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. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males.
*Population growth rate: 0.062% (2004)
*Birth Rate: 17.65 births/1,000 people (2004)
*Death Rate: 9.62 deaths/1,000 people
*Average age: 31.3 (30.4 Males, 32.2 Females)
*Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):

total population:	75.36 years
male:	71.78 years
female:	79.09 years *Average Family Size: 2.60 children/woman *Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 4,484.8 pesos/month Main Urban Centres (Towns or cities with 1,000 or more inhabitants listed - data from the 2004 census, unless noted otherwise) City/Town Population Cardona 4,584 Chacras de Dolores 2,337 (1996) Dolores 14,764 José Enrique Rodo 1,853 (1996) Mercedes 39,320 (1996) Palmitas 1,774 (1996) Villa Soriano 1,074 (1996)   Rate this Article    Was this article helpful? Not at all Definitely                  1 2 3 4 5    Email this page