The country code is: 54
The city code is: 2935
| Rivera | |
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| — Capital city — | |
| Obelisk of the Plaza Internacional, at the "Frontera de la Paz", cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brasil). | |
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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 | |
| 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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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 Commission 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]
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.
Brazil keeps an official resident of someone who looks after their events in a different country in Rivera.[citation needed]
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.
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.
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