Casabó

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Casabó - Pajas Blancas
Barrio
Main street in Pajas Blancas
Overall map of Casabó - Pajas Blancas
Location of Casabó - Pajas Blancas in Montevideo
Coordinates: 34°52′0″S 56°18′30″W / 34.86667°S 56.30833°W / -34.86667; -56.30833Coordinates: 34°52′0″S 56°18′30″W / 34.86667°S 56.30833°W / -34.86667; -56.30833
Country  Uruguay
Department Montevideo Department
City Montevideo
Time zone UTC -3
Postal code 12800 & 12700
Dial plan +598 2 (+7 digits)

Casabó - Pajas Blancas is a composite barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.

Location

El barrio Casabó se encuentra al suroeste de la cuidad de Montevideo, entre los barrios Santa Catalina al oeste, Cerro al Este, Villa Esperanza al Norte y el Río de la Plata al Sur.

Casabó

34°53′0″S 56°16′0″W / 34.88333°S 56.26667°W / -34.88333; -56.26667
Casabó is the western extension of the Villa del Cerro and it includes the Fortaleza del Cerro, the Parque Dr. Carlos Vaz Ferreira and the ruins of the cold storage factory Frigorífico Swift, the shut down Frigorífico Nacional, the Club de Golf del Cerro and the an area of the Navy. To the west of Casabó is the barrio of Santa Catalina, situated next to the beach and the public park of Punta Yeguas.

Places of worship

  • Parish Church of St. Alberto Hurtado, Sierra Leona 144 (Roman Catholic)
  • Parish Church of the Curé of Ars and St Helena, Av. Antártida Uruguaya 6100 (Roman Catholic)

Population

In 2004, Pajas Blancas had 1,976 inhabitants.[1] This number is not included in the population count of the city of Montevideo.

Year Population
1963 925
1975 921
1985 1,257
1996 1,837
2004 1,976

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2]

Street maps

Street map of Casabo & Santa Catalina
Street map of Pajas Blancas

Photos

Zabala Beach in Pajas Blancas
View of Cerro from Punta Yeguas


References

  1. ↑ "2004 Census of Montevideo department" (XLS). INE. 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 
  2. ↑ "1963–1996 Statistics / P" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 

See also

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Barrios of Montevideo


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