Melo 2227789 226021083 2008-07-16T13:57:27Z 200.40.97.133 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 200517598 by [[Special:Contributions/201.221.20.83|201.221.20.83]] ([[User talk:201.221.20.83|talk]]) {{Infobox Settlement<!--See Infobox Settlement for more parameter fields --> | official_name = Melo |pushpin_map =Uruguay |subdivision_type= Country |subdivision_name=[[Uruguay]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Uruguay|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = Cerro Largo Department | elevation_m = 80 |latd=32 |latm=22 |lats= |latNS=S|longd=54 |longm=11 |longs= |longEW=W |established_title= Founded | established_date = 1795 | founder = Agustín de la Rosa | population_total = 50578 | population_as_of = 2004 |population_blank1_title =[[Demonym]] | population_blank1 = melense | area_code = +064 |postal_code_type =postal code | postal_code = 37000 }} ''For the play and film adaptations, see [[Mélo]].'' '''Melo''' is a city in north-eastern [[Uruguay]]. It is the capital of the [[Departments of Uruguay|department]] of [[Cerro Largo Department|Cerro Largo]]. The population is of 50,578 inhabitants, according to the [[2004]] census. Located in the central area of Cerro Largo, 60 km. west of the border with [[Brazil]], over the edge of Conventos Stream (a branch to the [[Tacuarí River]]), this urban settlement can easily be found at km. 387 on the 8th road. Other leading ways to the city are roads 7, 26 and 44. It was Founded on [[June 27]], [[1795]] by Agustín de la Rosa, an officer to the [[Spanish Empire]]. Melo is still an old-fashioned city with low buildings, and a hellhole of stultifying boredness, daily irrigated by cheap brazilian liquor. Given its proximity to some [[Portugal|Portuguese]] colonies in Brazil, the "Melo Village" (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], "''Villa de Melo''"), as it was once named; was invaded by Portuguese forces in [[1801]], [[1811]], and [[1816]]. With Uruguayan independence, Melo was officially declared capital of the department of Cerro Largo. In [[1845]], the city square was rebaptized in honor of [[Manuel Oribe]], a former [[President of Uruguay]] and a political leader of the ''White Party'' (Partido Blanco), which brought out to light the relations of this corner of the country with that National Movement (the vast majority of its inhabitants have belonged to that same political community). The Conventos Stream, which was once used for boat races carried out by the ''Club Remeros Melo'', has become severely polluted over time and was consequently forbidden to public access. {{coor title dm|32|22|S|54|11|W|region:UY_type:city}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Uruguay]] [[Category:Settlements established in 1795]] {{Uruguay-geo-stub}} [[ca:Melo (Uruguai)]] [[de:Melo]] [[es:Melo]] [[fr:Melo]] [[id:Melo]] [[it:Melo (Uruguay)]] [[lt:Melas (Urugvajus)]] [[nl:Melo]] [[pms:Melo]] [[pl:Melo]] [[pt:Melo (Uruguai)]] [[vo:Melo]] [[zh:梅洛]]