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Piriápolis
Maldonadocity
Piriápolis
Total population
12,144
Founded
1893
Demographic figures from INE Uruguay. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Piriápolis is a city in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is an important summer resort in the country, predating the larger and better known resort town of Punta del Este. Because it is mainly used as a resort, it has a relatively small permanent population for a city of its size.
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History
Piriápolis was founded on 5 November 1890 as El Balneario del Porvenir (the Resort of the Future). In 1890, businessman Francisco Piria had bought a very big stretch of land, including the hills Cerro Pan de Azúcar, Cerro San Antonio and Cerro del Toro, all the way south to the beach. In 1897 he finished the construction of his personal residence, Piria´s Castle, in 1905 the construction of "Hotel Piriápolis", today known as "Colonia Escolar de Vacaciones", in 1910 he constructed the coastal avenue Rambla de los Argentinos finished in 1916. From 1920 to 1930 he constructed the Argentino Hotel, one of the biggest hotels of South America of the times. When Piria died in 1933, his natural and legal children started fighting each other over the inheritance. On 10 September 1937, the status of the populated centre was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley Nº 9.687. On 21 June 1960 its status was further elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley Nº 12.736.
Geography
It is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, on Route 10 and its intersection with Route 37. It is about east of the national capital, Montevideo (via Ruta Interbalnearia and Route 37).
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Geography
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Wildlife & biodiversity
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Maldonado
- Punta Negra3.4 mi away · pop. 914
- Curupá1822.8 mi away
- Pau-da-terra1863.3 mi away
- Brejo dos Bois1875 mi away
- Santana1876.6 mi away
- Pedras Pretas1881.1 mi away
- Suçuapara1900.5 mi away
- São Pedro1905.6 mi away
- Bavieira1919.8 mi away
- São João da Cachoeira1964.8 mi away
- Carolina1966.2 mi away · pop. 24,062
- Riachão1978.3 mi away · pop. 22,145
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Piriápolis
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image