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Zagarzazú or Balneario Zagarzazú is a resort village in the
Colonia Department Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second-oldest city. Geography Climate Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an averag ...
of southwestern
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 ...
.


Geography

Zagarzazú is located on the coast of
Río Uruguay The Uruguay River ( ; ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countr ...
, north of the city of Carmelo and just south of Route 21. To the west of the resort is the Four Seasons Resort of Carmelo. To the north of the hotel and the resort is situated a golf course.


Population

In 2011 Zagarzazú had a population of 96 permanent inhabitants and 165 dwellings. According to El Pais, the majority of the dwellings are rented by people from Carmelo either for summer vacation or as residence during the whole year, as many of them are employees of the Four Seasons Hotel. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''


History

A statue of the founder of the resort, Isidro "Chiquito" Zagarzazú, can be found at the end of the entrance road near the beach. Just east of the Zagarzazú resort is the Zagarzazú International Airport. This airport was built along with the resort by Isidro Zagarzazú. The airport was later donated to the City of Carmelo to make it an international airport. Since its donation, there has been political pressure to make it a domestic airport again in order to increase traffic to the neighbouring Colonia Airport.Article about the problematic around the functioning of the airport of Zagarzazú
/ref> According to Mr. Parodi, subdirector of tourism in 2009, a movement of 20 privately chartered flights per day was recorded in this airport, transporting people who came to play golf or to stay in the Four Seasons Hotel.


Beach

The beach of Zagarzazú is reminiscent of the resorts of the
Costa de Oro Costa de Oro is a long group of resort towns and beaches in Canelones Department, Uruguay, east of the Ciudad de la Costa.Canelones Department The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...
, though the number of visitors is much smaller.


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INE map of El Faro and ZagarzazúNew movement for naming the streets of the resortArticle about campling prohibition in the area, 16 March 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zagarzazu Populated places in the Colonia Department Seaside resorts in Uruguay