It is located adjacent to Carrasco, an eastern neighbourhood (barrio) of Montevideo, on the Río de la Plata coast. It covers an area of roughly 2.2 square kilometres (0.85 sq mi).
Population
In 2011, Barra de Carrasco had population was 5,410.
Year
Population
1963
524
1975
1,701
1985
2,815
1996
4,306
2004
4,747
2011
5,410
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
^"1963–1996 Statistics / B"(DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
