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4 unusual facts about San José Department


Francisco Lecocq

In 1879 he became senator in representation of the San José Department, and he was also vice president and president of the Uruguayan Senate in 1880.

Jardines de Mater Terra Cemetery

Jardines de Mater Terra is a private cemetery in Ciudad del Plata, San José Department, Uruguay.

Pascual Echagüe

With the support of Juan Antonio Lavalleja and the members of the White Party, he crossed the Uruguay river in order to attack Rivera, but the latter defeated him at the Battle of Cagancha, on 29 December 1839, in San José Department, Uruguay near the Cagancha creek.

Santa Lucía River

For a large part of its course it forms the limit between the departments of Florida and San José on one bank and Canelones and Montevideo on the other.



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