Rincón de Valentín is a hamlet (''caserío '') in the

Salto Department Salto Department () is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 124,878. Its capital is the city of Salto. It borders Artigas Department to its north, Paysandú Department to its south, the depar ...

of northwestern

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. Rincón de Valentín is also the name of the municipality to which the hamlet belongs.

Location

The hamlet is located on Route 31, about east-northeast of Salto and west of Arroyo Valentín Grande, a tributary of

Río Arapey Grande The Arapey Grande River is a river in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay. It flows from the northeast of department, with its headwaters near the border with Rivera Department, in a western direction and discharges in the Uruguay River. I ...

Population

In 2011 Rincón de Valentín had a population of 481. MunSalto-RinconVal

Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

References

External links

INE map of Rincón de Valentín
Populated places in the Salto Department {{Salto-geo-stub