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Key facts
- Country
- Uruguay
- Capital of department
- Rivera
- Intendant
- Richard Sander
- Ruling party
- Partido Colorado
- Total
- 9,370 km (3,620 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 152 m (499 ft)
- Density
- 11.7/km (30.2/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Riverense
- Time zone
- UTC-3 (UYT)
- Iso 3166 code
- UY-RV
- Website
- rivera.gub.uy
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rivera Department ( Spanish pronunciation: [riˈβeɾa]) is a department of the northern region of Uruguay. It has an area of 9,370 km (3,620 sq mi) and a population of 109,300. Its capital is the city of Rivera. It borders Brazil to the north and east, Cerro Largo Department to the southeast, Tacuarembó Department to the south and west and Salto Department to the northwest.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rivera Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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