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Artigas

Flag	Coat of arms

Location of Artigas, in red, in Uruguay

Country

Uruguay

Creation

1 October 1884

Capital

Artigas

Area

• Total

11,928 km² (4,605 sq mi)

Population

(2011)

• Total

73,378

• Density

6.15174/km² (15.9329/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC-03 (UYT)

ISO 3166 code

UY-AR

Website

Official website: http://www.artigas.gub.uy

The Artigas department (Spanish: Departamento de Artigas) is a department of Uruguay. The capital is the city of Artigas.

Its ISO 3166-2 code is UY-AR.

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Name

The department and its capital city are named after José Gervasio Artigas (1764–1850), leader of the Orientales (inhabitants of the Banda Oriental, the Eastern side of the Uruguay river) during the wars of independence of Uruguay.

Geography

Map of Artigas

The Artigas department is the most northern department of Uruguay; it is in the northwestern part of the country. It has an area of 11,928 km² (4,605 sq mi), the fifth largest in the country. The population is 73,378 inhabitants (2011 census) for a population density of 6.2.

Limits

To the north and east: Brazil, separated by the Cuareim river.
To the south: Salto department.
To the west: Argentina, separated by the Uruguay river.

Artigas is the only Uruguayan department that borders two other countries: Brazil and Argentina.

	Brazil
Argentina		Brazil
	Artigas

	Salto department

Rivers

The department is surrounded by three rivers:

Cuareim river (Portuguese: Quaraí), to the north; it makes the border with Brazil.
Uruguay river to the west; it makes the border with Argentina.
Arapey Chico river to the south; it separates the Artigas and Salto departments.

Climate

The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Artigas is a "Humid subtropical climate" and of the subtype Cfa.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Artigas is 1,381.8 mm (54.4 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is March with 142.2 mm (5.6 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is August with an average of 83.8 mm (3.3 in).

The average temperature for the year in Artigas is 19 °C (66 °F). The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 25.4 °C (77.7 °F). The coolest month on average is June, with an average temperature of 12.9 °C (55.2 °F).