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8 unusual facts about Tacuarembó


Arotxa

His biggest caricature is the "Gardelazo" in Tacuarembó, a gigantography 26 m tall in honor to tango singer Carlos Gardel.

Baltasar Silva

Baltasar Silva (born November 19, 1984 in Tacuarembó, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Peñarol of the Primera División in Uruguay.

Cerro Batoví

It is situated 25 km (15.5 mi) away from the city of Tacuarembó.

Circe Maia

Maia has lived for many years in the northern city of Tacuarembó.

Diego Rodríguez Telechea

A product of local Montevideo Wanderers, Diego made his first team debut on 18 April 2010 against Tacuarembó, playing the last fifteen minutes as a substitute for Matías Quagliotti in 2−1 home win.

Franco Ariel Sosa

Franco Ariel Sosa Portela (born on 12 August 1983 in Tacuarembó) is a Uruguayan footballer.

Tomás de Mattos

Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos is one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country.

Viviana Piñeiro

From a family with a long tradition in the socialism, she began her political life at the age of 12, since her link with the socialist youth activism in the city of Tacuarembó.


Rail transport in Uruguay

The contract for the repair of railways covers in particular the section from Pintado (Florida) and Chamberlain (Tacuarembó) based on the change of wooden ties, and from there to Rivera on the border with Brazil, part of the international branch located along the border with the city of Santana do Livramento, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil using rail supplied by Russia given in lieu of a debt and wooden ties imported from Paraguay.

Uruguayan people

The famed tango singer Carlos Gardel was born in Toulouse, France, then raised in Buenos Aires, but as an adult he obtained legal papers saying he was born in Tacuarembó, probably to avoid French military authorities.


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