General Enrique Martínez

General Enrique Martínez, also known as La Charqueada, is a village in the Treinta y Tres Department of eastern Uruguay.

The village is located at the east end of Route 17, and the south end of Route 91, situated on the north bank of Cebollatí River and west of the mouth of the stream Arroyo del Parao.

[1] Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 15 October 1963 by the Act of Ley Nº 13.167.

[3] Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[1] The economy based on agriculture, with extensive rice fields that make up part of the landscape, livestock and fish.

It has a port that served to start trade with Brazil, exporting jerky products,[citation needed] which prompted the town to recently be renamed (La Charqueada).