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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay, partly) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay, partly)