Official Name: | Playa San Francisco |
Settlement Type: | Seaside 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 |
Timezone: | UTC -3 |
Coordinates: | -34.9°N -55.2833°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 42 (+6 digits) |
Playa San Francisco is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
The resort is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about south of downtown Piriápolis.
It was named honoring businessman Francisco Piria, founder of Piriápolis.[1]