Artigas is the capital of the
department||Uruguay consists of 19 departments :# Artigas . Formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department. The only department to border both Argentina in the west and Brazil in the north and east.# Canelones . One of the original 6 departments created in 1816...
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ArtigasThe Artigas Department , with an area of 11,928 km² and 78,019 inhabitants, it is the northernmost department of Uruguay. Its capital is Artigas....
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UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
. The name Artigas comes from that of the national hero,
Jose Gervasio ArtigasJosé Gervasio Artigas Arnal is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence".-Life:...
(who fought for the emancipation of the River Plate, and sought to create a federative nation from these colonies).
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Artigas is the capital of the
department||Uruguay consists of 19 departments :# Artigas . Formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department. The only department to border both Argentina in the west and Brazil in the north and east.# Canelones . One of the original 6 departments created in 1816...
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ArtigasThe Artigas Department , with an area of 11,928 km² and 78,019 inhabitants, it is the northernmost department of Uruguay. Its capital is Artigas....
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UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
. The name Artigas comes from that of the national hero,
Jose Gervasio ArtigasJosé Gervasio Artigas Arnal is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence".-Life:...
(who fought for the emancipation of the River Plate, and sought to create a federative nation from these colonies).
It was established on 12 September 1852 by Don Carlos Catala. Artigas is the furthest city from Uruguay's capital
MontevideoMontevideo is the largest city, the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Montevideo is the only city in the country with a population over 1,000,000...
, being away. It has a population of 41,687 (2004 census).