Barra del Chuy

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Barra del Chuy
Resort
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The Mouth of Chui seen from the Brazilian side.
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Barra del Chuy
Location in Uruguay
Coordinates: 33°45′20″S53°23′20″W / 33.75556°S 53.38889°W / -33.75556; -53.38889
CountryFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Department Rocha Department
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
370
Time zone UTC−03:00 (UYT)
Postal code
27102
Dial plan +598 4474 (+4 digits)
Climate Cfa

Barra del Chuy is a resort (balneario) in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Its name means Mouth of Chui (stream). It is the last coastal resort of Uruguay, bordering Brazil to the southeast with the stream Arroyo Chui as the natural border.

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Geography

The resort is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in a southeastern direction into a road that spits from Route 9 about 6 kilometres (4 mi) before Chuy. It borders the resort Puimayen to the southwest.

History

In the summer of 1994, the yellow cold-water clams on a 21-kilometre (13 mi) stretch of beach near the town experienced a massive die-off due to the warming waters in the South Atlantic blob, a hot spot of 340,000 km2 (130,000 sq mi) of ocean which has warmed 2 °C (4 °F) over the last century. [1]

Population

In 2011 Barra del Chuy had a population of 370 permanent inhabitants and 1,021 dwellings. [2]

YearPopulationDwellings
196383225
1975145475
1985275563
1996312671
2004367869
20113701,021

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mooney, Chris; Muyskens, John (September 11, 2019). "Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Censos 2011 Rocha (needs flash plugin)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "1963–1996 Statistics / B" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.


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