Manantiales
Resort
Manantiales is located in Uruguay
Manantiales
Manantiales
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 34°54′20″S 54°49′30″W / 34.90556°S 54.82500°W / -34.90556; -54.82500
Country Uruguay
DepartmentMaldonado Department
Population
 (2011)
 • Total149
Time zoneUTC -3
Postal code
20002
Dial plan+598 42 (+6 digits)

Manantiales is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.

In the Spanish language in the Americas, a manantial means spring.

Geography

The resort is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, on Route 10, between its junction with Route 104 to the east and Laguna Blanca (which means White Lagoon) to the west. On its coastline is a small point called Punta Piedras. To the west of this point is the beach Las Olas Playa and to its east the beach Playa Bikini. To the west, it borders a neighbourhood called "Barrio San Carlos",[1] which lies just east of the resort La Barra, and to the east it borders the resort El Chorro.

Population

In 2011 Manantiales had a population of 149 permanent inhabitants and 486 dwellings.[2]

YearPopulationDwellings
196357117
197563177
1985132307
1996199419
2004182452
2011149486

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipal map of Maldonado" (PDF). Intendencia de Maldonado. Archived from the original (PDF (1.2 MB)) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Censos 2011 Maldonado (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "1963–1996 Statistics / M" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2011.


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