Manantiales, Uruguay
Manantiales | |
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Resort | |
Coordinates: 34°54′20″S 54°49′30″W / 34.90556°S 54.82500°W | |
Land | ![]() |
Department | Maldonado Department |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 149 |
Time zone | UTC -3 |
Postal code | 20002 |
Dial plan | +598 42 (+6 digits) |
Manantiales is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.
In the Spanish language in the Americas, a manantial means spring.
Geography
[edit]The resort is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, on Route 10, between its junction with Route 104 to the east and Laguna Blanca (which means White Lagoon) to the west. On its coastline is a small point called Punta Piedras. To the west of this point is the beach Las Olas Playa and to its east the beach Playa Bikini. To the west, it borders a neighbourhood called "Barrio San Carlos",[1] which lies just east of the resort La Barra, and to the east it borders the resort El Chorro.
Population
[edit]In 2011 Manantiales had a population of 149 permanent inhabitants and 486 dwellings.[2]
Year | Population | Dwellings |
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1963 | 57 | 117 |
1975 | 63 | 177 |
1985 | 132 | 307 |
1996 | 199 | 419 |
2004 | 182 | 452 |
2011 | 149 | 486 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Municipal map of Maldonado" (PDF). Intendencia de Maldonado. Archived from the original (PDF (1.2 MB)) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / M" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
External links
[edit]- Article on Manantiales, Official Portal of the Uruguayan Government
- INE map of El Tesoro, La Barra, Laguna Blanca, Manantiales and El Chorro