DURAZNO

About Durazno

More than 200 neighbors had organized their estates between the rivers Yi and Negro. Indians, "mamelucos" and "matreros" lived in the area. Don Diego Gonzales imposed himself while Farruco organized his chapel. Artigas was camping in Paso del Durazno Fructuoso Rivera was organizing the village San Pedro.

This province is born together with the republic in 1830.

Two dams have modified the course of the river Negro, not only to avoid its floods, but also to increase its navigation and to generate energy. Rincon del Bonete in 1945 and Baygorria in 1960. (Generate 400 million kilowatts per year).

Cattle rising are the main activity in this province. Efforts have been made to develop agricultural activities but with no success. Forestation and the development of agricultural products industry are new possibilities for the inhabitants of this region. Factories producing dairy products have already been installed, as well as meat packing houses.

In the south, we find river Yi, which offers lovely braches and beautiful forest Sarandi de Yi and Durazno, the capital city are the most populated cities in this province. Durazno has also an international airport. The cultural and artistic value of Durazno is seen in the field of education and in many of his writers, Fernan Silva Valdes, Elias Regules, and Carlos Reyles. Tradition unites the inhabitants, and a proof of this is the dialogue they have maintained for centuries. In 1892, in a sealed lead box, were found documents and messages, which were read with emotion a hundred years later. Again in 1993, in the same box, the new generation wrote their testimonies for the year 2093, so that the future generation may learn about their ancestors.