Artigas
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Coordinates: 30 ° 25 ′ S , 56 ° 28 ′ W Artigas on the map of Uruguay
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| Country |
 Uruguay
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| Department | Artigas | |
| City foundation | September 12, 1852 | |
| Residents | 40,658 (2011) | |
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| height | 121 m | |
| Post Code | 55000 | |
| prefix | +077 | |
| City Presidency | Julio César Silveira Correa | |
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Artigas is the capital of the department of the same name in Uruguay .
location
Artigas is located in northern Uruguay directly on the Brazilian border, which runs through the Río Cuareim here . On the other side of the river is the city of Quaraí in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul . The city is 601 kilometers from the Uruguayan capital Montevideo .
climate
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history
The city was founded on September 12, 1852 by Don Carlos Catala under the name of San Eugenio del Cuareim . In 1915 it was named after the Uruguayan national hero José Gervasio Artigas, and on August 31 of the same year it was classified in the "Ciudad" category by Law No. 5330.
Residents
Artigas has 40,658 inhabitants (as of 2011), 21,222 women and 19,436 men. As a resident of the northern region they speak like most in the Uruguayan-Brazilian territory, in addition to Spanish , the Portuñol , a mixed language of Spanish and Portuguese .
| year | Residents |
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| 1963 | 23,783 |
| 1975 | 29,256 |
| 1985 | 35,117 |
| 1996 | 40,244 |
| 2004 | 41,687 |
| 2011 | 40,658 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay
economy
Artigas is a center for the trade of grain (especially corn) to Argentina and Brazil . There is an airport, the Aeropuerto Internacional de Artigas , and a train station, which are mainly used for commercial purposes. The mountain slopes and banks in Artigas are great sites for gemstones , especially agates and amethysts . These stones were found by chance in the area of Artigas in 1860 and mining began. Gemstones are still mined here today. Souvenirs and handicrafts are made from these stones and exported all over the world.
Infrastructure
education
Artigas has a total of four secondary schools ( Liceo ). These are Liceo Nº 1 Departamental , located in Barrio Centro , which was founded in 1913 and is therefore the oldest Liceo in the department, and Liceo Nº 4, which is also located there (date of foundation: April 13, 2000). Liceo N ° 2 in Barrio San Miguel (June 19, 1978) and Liceo Nº 3 "Maestro Profesor Valeriano Renart" (1997) in Barrio 25 de Agosto also belong to it .
traffic
The city is infrastructurally developed via the Ruta 30 and Ruta 4 as well as the airport to the west of the city .
Attractions
One of the main attractions of Artigas is the International Bridge of Concord ( Puente Internacional de la Concordia ), which is 750 meters long and was inaugurated in 1968. It connects Artigas with Quaraí via the Cuareim River . The Avenida Lecueder connects to this bridge and runs through the whole city - from beginning to end, as a symbol of the union of the two cities.
Every year in February the street carnival Carnaval de Artigas takes place, which is based on the carnival in Rio and already attracted 500,000 spectators in 2003. The best-known samba schools are the Escuela de Samba Emperadores de la Zona Sur , founded in 1997 and the most frequent winner, the Escuela de Samba Imperio del Ayuí , the Escuela de Samba Barrio Rampla and the Escuela de Samba Académicos de Barrio Centenario.
Town twinning
sons and daughters of the town
- Álvaro Acevedo (* 1995), football player
- Washington Aguerre (born 1993), football player
- Óscar Aguirregaray (* 1959), football player and coach
- Rodrigo Álvez (* 1991), football player
- Patricia Ayala (* 1966), politician
- Joe Bizera (* 1980), soccer player
- Carlos Bueno (* 1980), football player
- Gonzalo Camargo (born 1991), football player
- Eladio Dieste (1917–2000), architect
- César Faletti (* 1992), football player
- William Ferreira (born 1983), football player
- Julio César Giménez (* 1954), football player
- Matías González (1925–1984), football player
- Gastón Guruceaga (* 1995), football player
- Ángel Gutiérrez (* 1980), football player
- Carlos Jacques (* 1982), football player
- Emilio MacEachen (* 1992), football player
- Juan José de Mello (born 1953), singer
- Óscar Omar Míguez (1927–2006), football player
- Vicente Olivera (* 1988), football player
- Rubén Paz (* 1959), football player
- Víctor Píriz (* 1980), football player
- Jonathan Ramis (* 1989), football player
- Venancio Ramos (* 1959), football player
- José Pintos Saldanha (born 1964), football player
- Mario Saralegui (* 1959), football player
- Facundo Silva (* 1996), football player
- Danilo Suárez (* 1989), football player
- Luis Volpi (* 1920), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistical data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay , accessed on September 10, 2012
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay 1963–1996 (DOC; 76 kB)
- ↑ Statistical data of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay Census 2004 (PDF file; 628 kB)
- ↑ Liceos del Uruguay (Spanish) (PDF; 6.94 MB), accessed on February 29, 2012
- ↑ Carnaval de Artigas ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on www.tacuy.com, 2003. Accessed on September 14, 2015 (Spanish).
- ↑ Emperadores on Zona Artigas , 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2015 (Spanish).
- ↑ Compare also the article Carnaval de Artigas in the Spanish language Wikipedia.