Punta del Este, Uruguay

 PUNTA DEL ESTE,

Famous for its natural beauty

and it's nightlife.

A popular destination for the higher-class bracket Brazilians to go vacation

on holidays, some even weekends.

Many friends of mine visits this place

and have AMAZING things to say.

Punta del Este

 has been a popular location not only for the Brazilian crowd

but for every neighboring country in South America

It is a guarantee good time in Uruguay's

most visited city :)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Punta del Este is an upscale resort town on the southern tip of Uruguay, southeast of Maldonado and about 140 km east of Montevideo. Although the town has a year-round population of about 7,300,, the summer tourist boom often boosts the population by an extra 500,000.

History

The first Europeans to set foot in what is now Punta del Este were the Spanish at the beginning of the 16th century. However, the colonization of the area actually began around Maldonado at the end of the 18th century due to Portuguese expansionism. Punta del Este and its surroundings (Maldonado and Punta Ballena for example) at the end of the 19th century were kilometers of sand and dunes, but in 1896 Antonio Lussich bought 4,447 acres (1800 hectares) of uninhabited land and there he started a botanic garden and planted trees and plants from all over the world.
Later the trees started to spread on their own, and now the area is full mostly of Pines, Eucalyptus, Acacias and various species of bushes. Punta del Este hosted an American Summit in 1967 attended by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. In September 1986, Punta del Este played host to the start of the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations. These negotiations ultimately led to the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1994.

Demographics

As of the census of 2004, there were 10,506 people and 47,657 households in the department. The average household size was 2.9. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males.

• Population growth rate: 2.285% (2004)
• Birth Rate: 17.10 births/1,000 people (2004)
• Death Rate: 7.06 deaths/1,000 people
• Average age: 31.0 (30.1 Males, 32.0 Females)
• Life Expectancy at Birth (2004):
• Total Population: 76.20 years
• Male: 72.19 years
• Female: 80.37 years
• Average Family Size: 2.31 children/woman