Municipality of Guichón

The municipality of Guichón is one of the municipalities of Paysandú Department, Uruguay. Its seat is the city of Guichón.

Municipality of Guichón

Municipio de Guichón
Municipality
Municipality of Guichón
Location of the municipality of Guichón within the department of Paysandú and Uruguay.
Country Uruguay
DepartmentPaysandú
Founded15 March 2010
SeatGuichón
Government
 • MayorMaría de Lourdes Suárez (PN)[1]
Area
 • Total1,670.1 km2 (644.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total6,860
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3
ConstituenciesKEA, KEB, KEC and KED
Websitewww.municipiodeguichon.com

Location

The municipality is located in the southeast corner of the Paysandú Department, bordering Rio Negro Department to the south, and Tacuarembó Department to the east.

Features

The municipality of Guichón was created by Law N° 18.653 of 15 March 2010, and is part of the Paysandú Department. It comprises the KEA, KEB, KEC and KED constituencies of that department. Its limits were defined in Decree 6063/2010 of the Departmental Board of Paysandú.[3][4]

The territory of this municipality covers a total area of 1670.1 km², and it has a population of 6860 inhabitants according to 2011 census data, which means it has a popualtion density of 4.1 inhabitants per km².[2]

Settlements

The following populated places are part of this municipality:

  • Guichón (seat)
  • Morató
  • Piñera
  • Merinos
  • Tres Árboles
  • Beisso
  • Tiatucurá (also known as Villa María)
  • Cuchilla de Fuego
  • Termas de Almirón resort

Authorities

The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors.

Mayors by period
N°MayorPartyStartEndNotes
1María de Lourdes SuárezNational Party9 July 20108 July 2015Elected Mayor [1]
2María de Lourdes SuárezNational Party9 July 20152020Reelected Mayor [5]

References
  1. "Quiénes son los 112 alcaldes del país" (in Spanish). 180.com.uy. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. "Perfiles" (in Spanish). Observatorio Uruguay-Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Diario de Sesiones de la Asamblea General, Primer período ordinario de la XLVIIa legislatura, 4ª sesión" (in Spanish). Parliament of Uruguay. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. "Ley 18.653" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Parliament of Uruguay. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. Balsa, Silvana; Moreira, Ramiro; Vignolo, Alejandro (2011). "El retorno del "Larrañaguismo". Elecciones Departamentales y municipales 2010 en Paysandú". In Cardarello, Antonio; Magri, Altaïr (eds.). Cambios, certezas e incertidumbres (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Ciencia Política. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-9974-8068-9-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

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