San Gregorio del Polanco is a small town (villa) 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 a peninsula on the north shore of the artificial lake Lago Rincón del Bonete

Lago Rincón del Bonete

The Lago Rincón del Bonete is the largest water body in Uruguay. It is located in the middle of the country in the south part of Tacuarembó Department with a small part of it reaching into the north part of Durazno Department....

 and along Route 43, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the department capital city of 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...

. Route 43 passes across the lake to Durazno Department

Durazno Department

Durazno is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means "peach" in Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket.-Economy and Geography:...

by ferryboat.

Its status was elevated to "Villa" category on 15 October 1963 by decree Ley No. 13.167.

Population

In 2004, San Gregorio de Polanco had a population of 3,673.

Year	Population
1963	2,019
1975	2,877
1985	2,856
1996	3,101
2004	3,673

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

External links

• INE map of San Gregorio del Polanco