Lavalleja. Uruguay
Territory: 10.016 km²
Inhabitants: 61.466
Capital: Minas City
State located to the southeast of the country, composed by plains and granitic “cuchillas” (wavy lands), as well as for metamorphic and volcanic materials that originate roughness in the region. It is traveled by streams of the Santa Lucía river and for the Aiguá river. The climate is warm and humid. In the area prevails herbaceous prairie as well as zones of straws and rushes . The main economic activities are bovine, ovine and horsy cattle raising, as well as cultivation of linen, sunflower and cereals. Exist mines of limestone, dolomita and marble.