Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (balneario) in 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:...

 of Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located on the coast of Río de la Plata

Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata —sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and...

, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Punta Ballena

Punta Ballena

Punta Ballena is a small peninsula and a resort , as well as an important tourist attraction on the coast of Río de la Plata in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It comprises an approximately long stripe of beaches and landforms and extends on both sides of Route 10...

 and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) (by road) east of the resort Punta Negra

Punta Negra

The Peruvian district of Punta Negra is one of the 43 districts of the Province of Lima. It borders the district of Punta Hermosa to the north, the Province of Huarochirí to the east, the district of San Bartolo to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west....

. To the east it borders the resort Ocean Park

Ocean Park, Uruguay

Ocean Park is a resort in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about west of Punta Ballena and east of the resort Punta Negra. It borders the resort Sauce de Portezuelo to the west and to the resort Chihuahua to the east, with the stream Arroyo del...

 and to the north the resort La Capuera, which is on the coast of Laguna del Sauce. Ruta Interbalnearia

Ruta Interbalnearia

Ruta Interbalnearia or Ruta Líber Seregni is a national route of Uruguay. It connects Montevideo with Punta del Este to the east along the coast. The road is approximately in length...

, also marked as Route 93 for this area, separates it from the later.

Population

In 2004, Sauce de Portezuelo had a population of 63 permanent inhabitants and 51 dwellings.

Year	Population	Dwellings
1963	41	21
1975	15	17
1985	19	17
1996	59	27
2004	63	51

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Sauce de Portezuelo and Ocean Park