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Minas

Town in southeastern Uruguay, capital of the department of Lavalleja, 100 km/62 mi northeast of Montevideo; population (1996) 34,661. Minas is one of the most picturesque towns in the country. The surrounding densely forested hills supply high-quality granite and marble. Minas was the birthplace of Uruguay's national hero Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
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In the District of Minas alone, there were destroyed two hundred and fifty-five houses, two hundred and seventy-six barns, one hundred and fifty-five outhouses, eleven mills, and one church; and the friends of those who refused to surrender were threatened as the victims of their obstinacy.
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