Rivera
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| Coordinates: 30°54′9″S 55°33′2″W / 30.9025°S 55.55056°WCoordinates: 30°54′9″S 55°33′2″W / 30.9025°S 55.55056°W | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Rivera Department |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 64,426 |
| • Demonym | riverense |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Postal code | 40000 |
| Area code(s) | +598 462 |
Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It is located at the north end of Route 5, on the border with Brazil. The Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento is right across the border, only a street away of it. Together they form an international city of around 200,000 inhabitants.
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[edit] History
On 7 May 1862 the town Pueblo de Ceballos was created in honour of the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Cevallos,. In July 1867 it took on the official name Rivera and was recognized as a city. The brazilian town Santana do Livramento already existed just across the border.
In 1943, the Plaza Internacional Rivera-Livramento (see photo) was built to celebrate the Fifth Conference of the Commision Mixta for Mixed Limits and as a hope for the future integration of the two towns, claimed to be the only international square in the world. From 1851 to this day, inhabitants of both communities are free to move in both sides. Customs and checkpoints are located outside the cities.[1]. Today, duty free shops are one of the main economic resources of Rivera.[2]
[edit] Population
In 2004, Rivera had a population of 64,426[3]
| Year | Population |
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| 1963 | 41,270 |
| 1975 | 48,780 |
| 1985 | 57,314 |
| 1996 | 62,859 |
| 2004 | 64,426 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[4]La población riverense se compondría de españoles, italianos, portugueses y principalmente de uruguayos y brasileños que provenían de otros sectores del país.
[edit] Consular representation
Brazil keeps an official resident of someone who looks after their events in a different country in Rivera.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable local person
- Aparicio Méndez, from Rivera, was President of Uruguay from 1976 to 1981. He was never elected democratically and was chosen by the Military dictatorship.
[edit] Transportation
There are regular bus services to Montevideo. A rail service to Tacuarembó has been run intermittently. There is an airport which receives light aircraft and an irregular service by a Brazilian airline to Porto Alegre.
Rivera is served by Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido International Airport.
[edit] Sports
Inside the city of Rivera, we can find the multi used stadium Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera which holds 28,000 people. It was used in the 1995 Copa America.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Parque Internacional". Intendencia Departamental de Rivera. 2011. http://www.rivera.gub.uy/turismo/historico/parque-internacional.html. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "La frontera dorada". El Observador. 26 June 2011. http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/204214/la-frontera-dorada/. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "2004 Census of Rivera department" (XLS). INE. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/fase1new/Rivera/Cuadro7_13.XLS. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "1963–1996 Statistics / R" (DOC). Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay. 2004. http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/TOPOletraR.doc. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
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