Official Name: | Punta Negra |
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: | 178 |
Coordinates: | -34.8903°N -55.2208°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 20200 |
Area Code Type: | Dial plan |
Area Code: | +598 443 (+5 digits) |
Punta Negra is a small peninsula (punta) and a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
The resort is located just east of the peninsula, about east of Piriápolis, east of the resort Punta Colorada and west of the resort Sauce de Portezuelo. The beach on its coast is called Playa Punta Negra.
In 2011 Punta Negra had a population of 178 permanent inhabitants and 505 dwellings.[1]
Year | Population | Dwellings | |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | 69 | 18 | |
1975 | 29 | 25 | |
1985 | 11 | 18 | |
1996 | 42 | 78 | |
2004 | 50 | 175 | |
2011 | 178 | 505 |