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Artigas

Artigas is the capital of Artigas Department in the northern interior of Uruguay, located on the Brazilian border. Wikivoyage

Population 43,843 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Uruguay

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Uruguay

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Carnaval de Artigas

    February – March

    The most popular festival in Artigas, inspired by Rio de Janeiro's carnival. Music, dancing, and a parade

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Artigas); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 13 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.