Official Name: | Playa Hermosa |
Settlement Type: | Resort |
Pushpin Map: | Uruguay |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uruguay |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uruguay |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Maldonado Department |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 611 |
Blank1 Name: | Climate |
Blank1 Info: | Cfa |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -34.8336°N -55.3022°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 20303 |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 443 (+5 digits) |
Playa Hermosa is a resort town (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.
The resort is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, on Route 10, about northwest of Piriápolis. It borders the resort Playa Verde to the northwest and the resort Playa Grande to the southeast.
In 2011 Playa Hermosa had a population of 611 permanent inhabitants and 1,413 dwellings.[1]
Year | Population | Dwellings | |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | 77 | 195 | |
1975 | 121 | 368 | |
1985 | 155 | 416 | |
1996 | 302 | 762 | |
2004 | 382 | 1,101 | |
2011 | 611 | 1,413 |