Sauce de Portezuelo

Sauce de Portezuelo
—  Resort  —
Sauce de Portezuelo
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates:
Country  Uruguay
Department Maldonado Department
Population (2004)
 • Total 63
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 20004
Area code(s) +598 42

Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Punta Ballena and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) (by road) east of the resort Punta Negra. To the east it borders the resort Ocean Park and to the north the resort La Capuera, which is on the coast of Laguna del Sauce. Ruta Interbalnearia, also marked as Route 93 for this area, separates it from the later.

Population

In 2004, Sauce de Portezuelo had a population of 63 permanent inhabitants[1] and 51 dwellings.[2]

Year Population Dwellings
1963 41 21
1975 15 17
1985 19 17
1996 59 27
2004 63 51

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

References

  1. ^ "2004 Census of Maldonado department Frame 7" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Maldonado/Cuadro7_10.XLS. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "2004 Census of Maldonado department Frame 12" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Maldonado/Cuadro12_10.XLS. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / S" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraS.doc. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 

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Coast of Maldonado
Resorts
and
Landforms
Glossary : Balneario = Resort , Barra = Mouth (of river) , Laguna = Lagoon , Playa = Beach , Puerto = Port , Punta (or Pta) = Point, Small Peninsula