Barra de Carrasco | |
|---|---|
Resort of Ciudad de la Costa | |
 Residential street in Barra de Carrasco | |
 Location of Barra de Carrasco in Ciudad de la Costa | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′17″S56°1′38″W / 34.87139°S 56.02722°W Coordinates: 34°52′17″S56°1′38″W / 34.87139°S 56.02722°W | |
| Country |  |
| Department | Canelones Department |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,410 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 15000 |
| Dial plan | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
Barra de Carrasco is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay. Its name means "mouth of the Carrasco Creek".
Ciudad de la Costa is a city in Canelones Department of Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata between the streams Arroyo Carrasco and Arroyo Pando. It is considered an extension of the metropolitan area of Montevideo which it borders to the west, while to the east it borders Costa de Oro. It was declared a city on 19 October 1994 and given its current name. At the 2011 census, it was the third most populated city of Uruguay.
The Departamento de Canelones , with an area of 4,536 km2 (1,751 sq mi) and 518,154 inhabitants, is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.44 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.
