- Manantiales, Uruguay
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Manantiales — Resort — Location in Uruguay
ManantialesCoordinates: 34°54′20″S 54°49′30″W / 34.90556°S 54.825°WCoordinates: 34°54′20″S 54°49′30″W / 34.90556°S 54.825°W Country 
UruguayDepartment Maldonado Department Population (2004) - Total 182 Time zone UTC -3 Postal code 20002 Area code(s) +598 42 Manantiales is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It 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 2004, Manantiales had a population of 182 permanent inhabitants[2] and 548 dwellings.[3]
Year Population Dwellings 1963 57 117 1975 63 177 1985 132 307 1996 199 419 2004 182 452 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]
References
- ^ "Municipal map of Maldonado" (PDF (1.2 MB)). Intendencia de Maldonado. http://www.maldonado.gub.uy/documentos/pdf/mapas-municipios/mapa-municipios-de-maldonado.pdf. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "2004 Census of Maldonado department Frame 7" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Maldonado/Cuadro7_10.XLS. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "2004 Census of Maldonado department Frame 12" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Maldonado/Cuadro12_10.XLS. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / M" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraM.doc. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
External links
- Article on Manatiales, Official Portal of the Uruguayan Government
- INE map of Manantiales, El Chorro and Balneario Buenos Aires (Note: The names "Manantiales" and "El Chorro" have been reversed in this map. Their correct placement can be seen in the departmental maps of Maldonado: Departmental map of Maldonado INE (pdf 1.7 MB) Map of the Municipalities of Maldonado, Intendencia of Maldonado (pdf 1.2 MB)
Coast of Maldonado 
Resorts
and
LandformsSolís (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 Jardin, Playa Honda, Puerto Canon, 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 (Barra de José Ignacio, Laguna Garzón) • Faro José Ignacio (Playa Juanita, Pta José Ignacio) • Arenas de José Ignacio (Playa Garzón)
Glossary : Balneario = Resort , Barra = Mouth (of river) , Laguna = Lagoon , Playa = Beach , Puerto = Port , Punta (or Pta) = Point, Small Peninsula Maldonado Department of UruguayCapital: Maldonado Towns and
villagesAiguá • Balneario Buenos Aires • Barrio Hipódromo • Barrio Los Aromos • Cerro Pelado • El Tesoro • Garzón, Uruguay • Gerona • Gregorio Aznárez • Hipódromo • La Sonrisa • Maldonado • Pan De Azúcar • Pinares - Las Delicias • Piriápolis • Playa Grande • Punta Del Este • San Carlos • San Rafael - El Placer • Villa Delia
Sights Arboretum Lussich • Casapueblo • Cerro Pan de Azúcar • Monumento al Ahogado • Punta Ballena
Categories:- Uruguay geography stubs
- Populated places in the Maldonado Department
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