Puimayen is a resort on the Atlantic Coast in the

Rocha Department Rocha () is a Departments of Uruguay, department in the east of Uruguay. Its capital is the city of Rocha, Uruguay, Rocha. It borders Maldonado Department to its west, Lavalleja Department to its northwest, Treinta y Tres Department to its north, ...

of southeastern

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near the

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ian border.

Geography

The resort is located in a southeastern direction into a road that spits from Route 9 about before

Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the ...

. It borders the resort

Barra del Chuy Barra del Chuy is a resort (''balneario'') in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Its name means Mouth of Chui (stream). It is the last coastal resort of Uruguay, bordering Brazil to the southeast with the stream Arroyo Chui as the natura ...

to the northeast.

Population

In 2011 Puimayen had a population of 505 permanent inhabitants and 1,374 dwellings. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

References

External links

INE map of Barra del Chuy and Puimayen
Populated places in the Rocha Department Seaside resorts in Uruguay {{Rocha-geo-stub