Salto

Salto, a north-western department of Uruguay, on the Uruguay River, is a picturesque hill-country, watered by the Arepey and its many tributaries, and devoted to cattle-rearing. Area, 4863 sq. m.; pop. (1895) 35,600.—The chief town, Salto, stands on three hills almost at the head of navigation on the Uruguay, 306 miles from Buenos Ayres, and 86 by rail N. of Paysandú. It carries on an active frontier trade with Brazil, exporting goods valued at $1,500,000 yearly, and has a granite pier, and a foundry and shipbuilding establishment. Pop. 12,000.