La Paloma is a town in the Rocha Department

Rocha Department

Rocha is a department in the east of Uruguay. It has natural beauties like Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Santa Teresa. Rocha is well known for its beach towns which swell during the summer holidays...

 of southeastern Uruguay

Uruguay

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. It is located on Km. 244 of Route 10

Route 10 (Uruguay)

Route 10 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1983, it was assigned the name Juan Díaz de Solís, after a national hero of Uruguay.The distance notation along Route 10 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the...

 and on its junction with Route 15, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of La Pedrera and 53 kilometres (32.9 mi) northeast of Faro José Ignacio of the Maldonado Department

Maldonado Department

The Maldonado Department , with an area of and 140,192 inhabitants, is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado.-Geography and climate:...

. Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (town) category on 8 November 1939 by decree Ley No. 9.888.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 3,202 inhabitants and 3,583 dwellings.

Year	Population	Dwellings
1963	809	716
1975	1,389	1,297
1985	2,235	1,686
1996	3,084	2,814
2004	3,202	3,583

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of La Paloma
• Tourist information for La Paloma