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Sauce de Portezuelo
Resort
Sauce de PortezueloLocation in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°52′30″S 55°8′25″W / 34.87500°S 55.14028°W / -34.87500; -55.14028
Country	Uruguay
Department	Maldonado Department
Population
• Total	128
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	20004
Dial plan	+598 42 (+6 digits)

Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.

Geography

The resort is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Punta Ballena and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) (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, which is on the coast of Laguna del Sauce. Ruta Interbalnearia, 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 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

1. Antonio Bonet y la Solana del Mar (in Spanish)
2. Bonet, urban planner of Portezuelo (in Spanish)
3. "Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
4. "1963–1996 Statistics / S" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

External links

• INE map of Sauce de Portezuelo, Ocean Park, Chihuahua and La Capuera

v t e Coast of Maldonado
Resorts and Landforms	Solís Punta Animas Pta Solís Bella Vista Las Flores Playa Verde Pta Piedras Playa Hermosa Playa Grande Pta de los Burros Piriápolis Playa de la Rambla Pta Fria Playa San Francisco Punta Colorada Pta Colorada Playa Punta Colorada Punta Negra Pta Negra Playa Pta Negra Sauce de Portezuelo Ocean Park Chihuahua Barra del Potrero see also: Laguna del Sauce Punta Ballena Playa Solanas Portezuelo Pta Ballena Playa de las Grutas Pta del Chileno Pinares - Las Delicias Playa de Pinares Playa Mansa Punta del Este Puerto Jardín Playa Honda Puerto Cañón Pta del Este Playa de los Ingleses Pta del Vapor Playa Brava San Rafael - El Placer Playa San Rafael Pta de la Barra El Tesoro - La Barra Barra de Maldonado Pta Maldonado Playa de la Barra El Chorro Manantiales Pta Manantiales Playa Bikini Pta de Piedras Balneario Buenos Aires Edén Rock Santa Mónica Laguna José Ignacio Barra de José Ignacio José Ignacio Playa Juanita Pta José Ignacio Arenas de José Ignacio Playa Garzón Laguna Garzón
Glossary : Balneario = Resort , Barra = Mouth (of river) , Laguna = Lagoon , Playa = Beach , Puerto = Port , Punta (or Pta) = Point, Small Peninsula

v t e Maldonado Department of Uruguay
Capital: Maldonado
Municipalities	Aiguá Garzón Maldonado Pan de Azúcar Piriápolis Punta del Este San Carlos Solís Grande
Towns and villages	Aiguá Balneario Buenos Aires Barrio Hipódromo Barrio Los Aromos Cerro Pelado El Tesoro Garzón Gerona Gregorio Aznárez José Ignacio La Sonrisa Maldonado Pan de Azúcar Pinares – Las Delicias Piriápolis Playa Grande Punta Ballena Punta del Este San Carlos San Rafael - El Placer Villa Delia
Sights	Lussich Arboretum Casapueblo Cerro de las Ánimas Cerro Pan de Azúcar Isla Gorriti Isla de Lobos Laguna del Sauce La Mano de Punta del Este

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