Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Artigas Department (Spanish: Departamento de Artigas) is the northernmost department of Uruguay, belonging to its northwestern region. Its capital is the city of Artigas, who lives in the Brazilian city of Quarai.It has an area of 11928 km2, making it the fifth largest in the country. It has a population of 73,378 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.Bordered on the north and east by Brazil, which is separated by the river Cuareim the south by the department of Salto and west by Argentina, which is separated by the Río Uruguay.In the northwest corner is Bella Unión, a city that is so named because it is located at the junction of river Cuareim the Uruguay River, on the border with Brazil and Argentina Uruguay, this gives a special feature of Triple Frontier, ( only department Uruguayan border 2 countries).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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- Artigas_Department abstract "Artigas Department (Spanish: Departamento de Artigas) is the northernmost department of Uruguay, belonging to its northwestern region. Its capital is the city of Artigas, who lives in the Brazilian city of Quarai.It has an area of 11928 km2, making it the fifth largest in the country. It has a population of 73,378 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.Bordered on the north and east by Brazil, which is separated by the river Cuareim the south by the department of Salto and west by Argentina, which is separated by the Río Uruguay.In the northwest corner is Bella Unión, a city that is so named because it is located at the junction of river Cuareim the Uruguay River, on the border with Brazil and Argentina Uruguay, this gives a special feature of Triple Frontier, ( only department Uruguayan border 2 countries).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.".