Municipal Governor: Tabaré Viera

Surface: 9,370 Km2 (source: Enciclopedia gráfica del Uruguay; Montevideo Comm)

Population: 104,921 habitants (source: 2004 census)

Capital City: Rivera (63,365 habitants)

Population and location
It is the capital of the department of Rivera in Uruguay with a population of 64,426 (2004 census). Rivera is located exactly on the border with Brazil, and with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, right across the border line, just a street away, it forms an international city of 200.000 inhabitants.

Links with Brazil
In 1943, the Plaza International (on the photo) was built, celebrating this peaceful relationship, and perhaps being the only international square in the whole world.
The border community is unusual as inhabitants from both Livramento (Brazil) and Rivera (Uruguay) are free to move anywhere throughout the twin city community. It is easy for one to get lost in the suburbs and not know if he is in Brazil or Uruguay. Customs and checkpoints are located outside the cities.
Brazil maintains a consulate in Rivera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivera