Salinas | |
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City & Municipality | |
  Salinas Location in Uruguay | |
| Coordinates: 34°47′0″S55°50′0″W / 34.78333°S 55.83333°W Coordinates: 34°47′0″S55°50′0″W / 34.78333°S 55.83333°W | |
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| Population (2011 Census) | |
| • Total | 8,626 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 15100 |
| Dial plan | +598 437 (+5 digits) |
Salinas is a city and resort of the Costa de Oro in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay.
Costa de Oro is a 45 kilometres (28 mi) long group of resort towns and beaches in Canelones Department, Uruguay, east of the Ciudad de la Costa. Until 19 October 1994 it also included all the resorts that became henceforth integrated under the name Ciudad de la Costa. Since then, Costa de Oro contains only the resorts and locations of the area delimited by the streams Arroyo Pando to the west and Arroyo Solís Grande to the east and by the highways Ruta 8 and Ruta 9 to the north.
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.
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Salinas is also the name of the municipality to which the town belongs and which includes the resort towns Marindia, Pinamar–Pinepark, Neptunia and rural areas to their north.
Neptunia is a resort town of the Costa de Oro in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay.
