La Barra
La Barra is a resort in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. La Barra has about 1,230 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sea Museum.
Sea Museum
Museum
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The Museum of the Sea, opened in 1996, is a museum of natural history located in La Barra, in the department of Maldonado, Uruguay. It occupies about 2,300 m2 and is divided into four large halls, which are open to the public all year round.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manantiales and Maldonado.
Manantiales
Village
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Manantiales is a resort in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. In the Spanish language in the Americas, a manantial means spring. Manantiales is situated 3½ km east of La Barra.
Maldonado
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Maldonado is a city on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay, just north of the beach town of Punta del Este.
Punta del Este
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Punta del Este is a beach resort town in Uruguay complete with casinos, beaches, yachts and lots of tourists from all over the world. Many of these tourists come from the other side of the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to get some nice fun in the sun on a beach away from the brown waters of the Rio de la Plata.
La Barra
- Type: Town with 1,230 residents
- Description: village settlement in Urugay
- Categories: balneario and locality
- Location: San Carlos, Maldonado Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.91459° or 34° 54′ 53″ southLongitude
-54.86141° or 54° 51′ 41″ westPopulation
1,230Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
48Q734PQ+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 440187993OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3442162Wikidata ID
Q585137
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“La Barra” goes by many names.
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