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Casabó - Pajas Blancas is a barrio (neebourheid or destrict) o Montevideo, Uruguay. It shares borders wi Paso de la Arena tae the north an northwast, wi La Paloma - Tomkinson tae the northeast, wi Villa del Cerro tae the east an is delimitit bi the Río de la Plata tae the sooth.
Casabó - Pajas Blancas | |
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Barrio | |
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![]() Location o Casabó - Pajas Blancas in Montevideo | |
Coordinates: 34°52′0″S 56°18′30″W | |
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Depairtment | Montevideo Depairtment |
Ceety | Montevideo |
Time zone | UTC -3 |
Postal code | 12800 & 12700 |
Dial plan | +598 2 (+7 digits) |
34°53′0″S 56°16′0″W
Casabó is the wastren extension o the Villa del Cerro an it includes the Fortaleza del Cerro, the Parque Dr. Carlos Vaz Ferreira an the ruins o the cauld storage factory Frigorífico Swift, the shut doun Frigorífico Nacional, the Club de Golf del Cerro an the an aurie o the Navy. Tae the wast o Casabó is the barrio o Santa Catalina, situatit next tae the beach an the public pairk o Punta Yeguas.
34°52′0″S 56°20′0″W
Pajas Blancas is a veelage an resort aboot 7.5 kilometre (4.7 mi) wast o Casabó. It stairtit as a seaside resort which gained permanent inhabitants. It haes twa beaches: Playa Pajas Blancas an Playa Zabala. An abandoned hotel bi the beach, the Viejo Hotel, used to host important events, includin the festivities for o the Selección Uruguaya when they wan the fitbaa cup in 1930.
In 2004, it haed 1,976 inhabitants.[1] This number is no includit in the population coont o the ceety o Montevideo.
Year | Population |
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1963 | 925 |
1975 | 921 |
1985 | 1,257 |
1996 | 1,837 |
2004 | 1,976 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[2]
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