Paso Bonilla is a village or populated centre in the Tacuarembó Department

Tacuarembó Department

Tacuarembó is the largest department of Uruguay. Its capital is Tacuarembó.-Population and Demographics:As of the census of 2004, there were 90,489 people and 28,054 households in the department. The average household size was 3.2...

 of northern-central Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It is located on the junction of Route 5

Route 5 (Uruguay)

Route 5 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera, a national hero of Uruguay. It is one of the most important highways in country, along with Route 3, connecting Montevideo in the south with Rivera in the north and passing through the...

 with Route 59, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the department capital city Tacuarembó

Tacuarembó

Tacuarembó is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay. It is located on Km. 390 of Route 5, south-southwest of Rivera, the capital city of the Rivera Department. Routes 26 and 31 also meet Route 5 within the city limits...

. About 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) north of the village is the so called "Paso Bonilla", which coincides with the actual bridge of Route 5 over the stream Arroyo Tranqueras.

Population

In 2004 it had a population of 445.

Year	Population
1963	74
1975	368
1985	743
1996	286
2004	445

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of Paso Bonilla