PAYSAND

city, western Uruguay, on the Uruguay River. The city was founded in 1772 by a priest, Policarpo Sand, and 12 families of Christianized Indians, who translated the Spanish word padre (father) into the Guaran Indian word pay, from which stems the name Paysand. Now Uruguay's third largest city, Paysand has a relatively varied economy, with tanneries, textile factories, flour mills, distilleries, breweries, and meat-processing plants. A government-owned television station is located in Paysand. The port is active, since cargo destined for northwestern Uruguay must be transferred at Paysand from oceangoing ships to the shallow-draft vessels that ply the upper Uruguay. A bridge was built between Coln, Argentina, and Paysand in 1970. Paysand is linked also by rail, highway, and air services to Montevideo. Pop. (1985) 76,191.