Paysandú, the chief town of the Uruguayan department of that name (5115 sq. m.; 28,417 inhabitants in 1887), is built upon a hill gently sloping from the Uruguay River, 280 miles by rail NW. of Montevideo. It is a busy port, and contains large slaughter-houses, &c. Tinned meat, especially tongues, is exported. Pop. 13,000.
Paysandú
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 821
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