Place:Artigas, Uruguay

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NameArtigas
Alt namesArtigassource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeDepartment
Coordinates30.583°S 57°W
Located inUruguay
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Artigas
Baltasar Brum
Bella Unión
Cuaró
Tomás Gomensoro
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Artigas Department is the northernmost department of Uruguay, belonging to its northwestern region. It has an area of and a population of 73,378. Its capital is the city of Artigas. It borders Salto Department to its south, Brazil to its north and east and has the Río Uruguay flowing at its west, separating it from Argentina.

It is named after José Artigas (1764–1850), leader of the orientales (inhabitants of the Banda Oriental, the Eastern Bank of the Uruguay River) during the wars of Independence.

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History

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The department was created by law on 1 October 1884, with part of the territory which formerly belonged to Salto.

The Battle of Masoller, a noteworthy event in Uruguayan history, was fought on September 1, 1904. Masoller is situated on the boundary between the departments of Artigas and Salto, close to the Brazilian border.

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