Playa Hermosa is a
resort town
A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding area. Sometimes ...
(''balneario'') in the
Maldonado Department
The Maldonado Department (; ), with an area of and 212,951 inhabitants (2023), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado, Uruguay, Maldonado.
Geography
Neighbouring departments are Rocha Department, Rocha to the East, Lav ...
of southeastern
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
.
Location
The resort is located on the coast of
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata (; ), 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, Colonia, Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and ...
, on
Route 10, about northwest of
Piriápolis
Piriápolis is a city in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is an important summer resort in the country, predating the larger and better known resort town of Punta del Este. Because it is mainly used as a resort, it has a relatively small per ...
. It borders the resort
Playa Verde to the northwest and the resort
Playa Grande to the southeast.
Population
In 2011 Playa Hermosa had a population of 611 permanent inhabitants and 1,413 dwellings.
Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''
References
External links
INE map of Las Flores, Playa Verde, Playa Hermosa and Playa Grande
Populated places in the Maldonado Department
Seaside resorts in Uruguay
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