La Paloma, Durazno
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La Paloma is a village, officially a "populated centre", in the Durazno Department
Durazno Department
Durazno is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means "peach" in Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket.-Economy and Geography:...

 of central Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) into a secondary road that splits off Route 6
Route 6 (Uruguay)
Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil...

 in a westward direction at about 78 kilometres (48.5 mi) north of Sarandí del Yí
Sarandí del Yí
Sarandí del Yí is a city in the Durazno Department of central Uruguay. It is located on the north bank of the river Río Yi, and on the intersection of Route 6 with Route 14, about east of Durazno, the capital of the department...

. A train station of the railroad track from Sarandí del Yí to the north end of the department is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the village

Population

In 2004, it had a population of 1,547.
Year Population
1963 1,437
1975 1,554
1985 1,242
1996 1,374
2004 1,547

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

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