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Bella Unión
City
Bella Unión, Uruguay
Bella UniónLocation in Uruguay
Coordinates: 30°15′0″S 57°35′0″W / 30.25000°S 57.58333°W / -30.25000; -57.58333
Country	Uruguay
Department	Artigas
Founded	1829; 195 years ago (1829)
Founded by	Fructuoso Rivera
Population
• Total	12,200
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal code	55100
Dial plan	+598 4779 (+4 digits)

Bella Unión is a city in the north part of Artigas Department of Uruguay.

History

The original settlement was founded on 13 May 1829 under the name "Santa Rosa". It was started by Fructuoso Rivera, who played a prominent role in the early history of Uruguay. On 20 April 1928, it was renamed to "Bella Unión" by the Act of Ley No. 8.207. On 15 October 1963, its status was raised to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley No. 13.180.

Population

In 2011, Bella Unión had a population of 12,200. Together with its peripheral populated and rural areas (Coronado, Portones de Hierro y Campodónico, Las Piedras, Franquia & Cuareim) they form a population centre of around 18,000.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

Geography

It is located at the north end of Route 3, on the banks of the Uruguay River, near the mouth of Río Cuareim. Being situated on a piece of land protruding between Argentina and Brazil, it lies across Monte Caseros, Corrientes of Argentina to the west and across Barra do Quaraí of Brazil, which is only 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the northeast, joined by a bridge over Río Cuareim.

Climate

Places of worship

• St. Rose of Lima of the Cuareim Parish Church (Roman Catholic)

Notable local person

The writer Jesús Moraes, (1955-), who specializes in short stories in Spanish, is from Bella Unión, and is one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers strongly identified with the Uruguayan north.

References

1. ^ "Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) (see also Santa Rosa)". INE. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
2. "LEY N° 13.180". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1963. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
3. "Censos 2011 Cuadros Artigas". INE. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. Castaño, José; Giménez, Agustín; Ceroni, Mauricio; Furest, José; Aunchayna, Rossina. "Caracterización Agroclimática del Uruguay 1980–2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria. Retrieved December 13, 2015.

External links

• es:Fructuoso Rivera
• INE map of Bella Unión, Coronado, Las Piedras and Portones de Hierro y Campodónico
• The Community Website

v t e Artigas Department of Uruguay
Capital: Artigas
Municipalities	Baltasar Brum Bella Unión Tomás Gomensoro
Towns and villages	Artigas Baltasar Brum Bella Unión Bernabé Rivera Cainsa Cerro Ejido Colonia Palma Coronado Cuareim Franquia Las Piedras Mones Quintela Pintadito Sequeira Tomás Gomensoro Topador
Sights	Piedra Pintada

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