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See also:PAYSANDU, or PAISANOU , a See also:town and See also:river See also:port of See also:Uruguay and See also:capital of a See also:department of the same'name, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Uruguay River about 214 M . N.W. of See also:Montevideo, with which it is connected by See also:rail . Pop . (1908 estimate), 15,000 . It has railway connexion with Rio See also:Negro and Montevideo to the See also:south-See also:east, and with See also:Salto and See also:Santa See also:Rosa, on the Brazilian frontier, on the See also:north; it is at the See also:head of See also:low See also:water See also:navigation on the Uruguay River, and is in See also:regular steamer communication with Montevideo and Buenos Aires . There are some See also:good public buildings, including two churches, a See also:hospital, a See also:theatre and the See also:government offices . See also:Paysandu exports See also:cattle and See also:sheep and salted meats, hides, ox See also:tongues, See also:wool and other See also:animal products . There is a See also:meat-curing See also:establishment (saladero) at Guaviyfl, in the vicinity . The town was named in See also:honour of Pay, or Pai (See also:Father) Sandia, a See also:priest who settled there in 1772 . It has suffered severely from revolutionary outbreaks, was bombarded by Rivera in 1846, and was partly destroyed in 1865 by a Brazilian See also:bombardment, after which its gallant defenders, Leandro See also:Gomez and his companions, were butchered in See also:cold See also:blood . The department of Paysandu—See also:area 5117 sq. m.; pop . (1907, estimate), 54,097—is one of the richest stock-raising regions of the See also:republic .
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