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Town
Tambores Location in Uruguay
Country	Uruguay
Department	Paysandú Department and Tacuarembó Department
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,561
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	45004
Dial plan	+598 463 (+5 digits)

Tambores is a small town partly in the Paysandú Department and partly in the Tacuarembó Department of western Uruguay.

Geography

It is located on both sides of the interdepartmental road which forms the border between the two departments, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of its intersection with Route 26, which lies 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of Tacuarembó, the capital city of the department. The railroad track Montevideo - Tacuarembó - Rivera passes through the town.

History

On 21 August 1936, the existing populated nucleus here was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 9.588. Until then, it had been head of the judicial section of "Salsipuedes". Its status was further elevated to "Villa" (town) on 15 October 1963 by the Act of Ley N° 13.167.

Population

In 2011 Tambores had a population of 1,561, of which 1,111 in Paysandú and 450 in Tacuarembó.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay