Banda Oriental

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Banda Oriental was the historical name for the eastern bank of the Río de la Plata region, corresponding largely to present-day Uruguay and parts of neighboring territories in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory
historical region
associatedWith José Gervasio Artigas
gaucho culture
borderedBy Portuguese America
surface form: Portuguese Brazil

Río de la Plata
Uruguay River
capital Montevideo
colonialAdministrationCenter Montevideo
colonialPower Spain
contestedBy Brazil
Portugal
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
correspondsTo present-day Uruguay
country Uruguay
demography mixed Spanish, indigenous, African and gaucho population
economy cattle ranching
leather exports
geopoliticalRole frontier region of the Spanish Empire
historicalPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
includes parts of present-day Argentina
parts of present-day Brazil
knownAs Uruguay
surface form: Eastern Bank of the Uruguay

Provincia Oriental
language Spanish
locatedIn Río de la Plata region
locatedOn east bank of the Uruguay River
eastern bank of the Río de la Plata
majorCity Montevideo
majorRiver Río de la Plata
Uruguay River
partOf Liga Federal
Spanish Empire
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
politicalStatus borderland between Spanish and Portuguese empires
predecessorOf Cisplatina Province
Uruguay
surface form: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
relatedEvent Artiguist revolution
Cisplatine War
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
surface form: Luso-Brazilian invasion of 1816

annexation as Cisplatina by the Empire of Brazil
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereigntyDispute United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
surface form: Brazil–United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

Portugal and Spain
surface form: Spain–Portugal
strategicImportance buffer zone between Spanish and Portuguese colonies
control of access to Río de la Plata
successor Uruguay

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José Gervasio Artigas country Banda Oriental
this entity surface form: Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay, partly)