Sauce de Portezuelo is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
Geography The resort is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about west of Punta Ballena and (by road) east of the resort Punta Negra. To the east it borders the resort Ocean Park and to the north the resort La Capuera, which is on the coast of Laguna del Sauce. Ruta Interbalnearia, also marked as Route 93 for this area, separates it from the later.
Places of interest
Portezuelo was the location chosen by Spanish architect and designer Antoni Bonet i Castellana to build one of his most famous buildings, Solana del Mar.Antonio Bonet y la Solana del Mar He also planned the layout of the seaside resort.Bonet, urban planner of Portezuelo
Population In 2011 Sauce de Portezuelo had a population of 128 permanent inhabitants and 173 dwellings. Year Population Dwellings 1963 41 21 1975 15 17 1985 19 17 1996 59 27 2004 63 51 2011 128 173 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
References
External links INE map of Sauce de Portezuelo, Ocean Park, Chihuahua and La Capuera