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Montevideo is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. It is by far the smallest one in area, and by far the most populated. It contains the city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. While most of the department is covered by the capital city, there are still smaller towns within its limits, e.g. Santiago Vázquez near the border with San José, which serve mostly as satellite towns, and have still not merged with the rest of the city.
[edit] Population and Demographics
As of the census of 2004, there were 1,325,968 people and 456,587 households in the department. The average household size was 2.9. For every 100 females, there were 87.4 males.
- Population growth rate: 0.047% (2004)
- Birth Rate: 14.40 births/1,000 people (2004)
- Death Rate: 10.35 deaths/1,000 people
- Average age: 33.8 (31.2 Males, 36.5 Females)
- Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
| total population: |
75.28 years |
| male: |
71.28 years |
| female: |
79.44 years |
- Average Family Size: 1.91 children/woman
- Urban per capita income (cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more): 6,858.7 pesos/month
