Sauce de Portezuelo

Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.

Sauce de Portezuelo
Resort
Sauce de Portezuelo
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°52′30″S 55°8′25″W
Country Uruguay
DepartmentMaldonado Department
Population
 (2011)
 • Total128
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
20004
Dial plan+598 42 (+6 digits)

Location

The resort 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.

Places of interest

Portezuelo was the location chosen by Catalan architect and designer Antoni Bonet i Castellana to build one of his most famous buildings, Solana del Mar.[1] He also planned the layout of the seaside resort.[2]

Population

In 2011 Sauce de Portezuelo had a population of 128 permanent inhabitants and 173 dwellings.[3]

YearPopulationDwellings
19634121
19751517
19851917
19965927
20046351
2011128173

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]

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References
  1. Antonio Bonet y la Solana del Mar (in Spanish)
  2. Bonet, urban planner of Portezuelo (in Spanish)
  3. "Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. "1963–1996 Statistics / S" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.


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