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Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (''balneario'') in the
Maldonado Department The Maldonado Department ( es, Departamento de Maldonado; ), with an area of and 164,300 inhabitants (2011), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado. Geography and climate Neighbouring departments are Rocha to the Eas ...
of
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 ...
.


Location

The resort is located on the coast of
Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (, "river of silver"), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and fo ...
, about west of
Punta Ballena Punta Ballena is a small peninsula (''punta'') and a resort (''balneario''), as well as an important tourist attraction on the coast of Río de la Plata in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It comprises an approximately long stripe ...
and (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 La Capuera is a town of the Maldonado Department in Uruguay. Geography The town is located on the coast of the lake Laguna del Sauce, near kilometre 120 of Route 93, about 18 kilometres west of the capital city, Maldonado and just west of the L ...
, which is on the coast of Laguna del Sauce.
Ruta Interbalnearia Ruta Interbalnearia (which means Inter-resort Route) or Ruta Líber Seregni is a national route of Uruguay. It connects Montevideo with Punta del Este to the east along the coast. The road is approximately in length. It is marked on maps and si ...
, also marked as Route 93 for this area, separates it from the later.


Places of interest

Portezuelo was the location chosen by Spanish architect and designer
Antoni Bonet i Castellana Antoni Bonet i Castellana (Barcelona, 1913–1989) was a Spanish architect from Catalonia, designer and urban planner. He began his career with Josep Lluís Sert and Josep Torres Clavé. He was a member of GATCPAC. In 1936 he joins the atelier of ...
to build one of his most famous buildings, Solana del Mar. He also planned the layout of the seaside resort.


Population

In 2011 Sauce de Portezuelo had a population of 128 permanent inhabitants and 173 dwellings. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''


References


External links


INE map of Sauce de Portezuelo, Ocean Park, Chihuahua and La Capuera
Populated places in the Maldonado Department Seaside resorts in Uruguay {{maldonado-geo-stub