Salinas (Uruguay)
Salinas on the map of Uruguay
Salinas is a city in the south of Uruguay.
Geography
It is located on the edge of the Río de la Plata, on the Costa de Oro in the department of Canelones in whose sector 17 Salinas is located east of the capital Montevideo near the east beach resorts Atlantida and Parque del Plata. Immediately to the east adjacent to Salinas is Marindia. To the west lies Pinamar Pinepark.
Infrastructure
Education
Salinas has with the 1971/1980 founded the Liceo N º 1 de Salinas on a secondary school ( Liceo ).
Traffic
In the center leads the Interbalnearia Route through the city, there strikes the Ruta 87.
Population
Salinas has 8,626 inhabitants ( 2011) ( 4,059 male, 4,567 female residents ).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
City council
Mayor ( alcalde ) of Salinas is Salvador Bernal ( Frente Amplio ).