Municipality of Bella Unión explained

Municipality of Bella Unión
Official Name:Municipality of Bella Unión
Native Name:Municipio de Bella Unión
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
Map Alt:Map of the Municipality of Bella Unión
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uruguay
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Artigas
Established Title:Founded (as Local Board)
Established Date:14 June 1994
Established Title1:Conversion to Municipality
Established Date1:13 September 2009
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Bella Unión
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:18406
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Area Total Km2:547
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:William Cresseri (PN)
Timezone1:UTC-3
Blank Name Sec1:Constituencies
Blank Info Sec1:ICD, ICE and ICF

The municipality of Bella Unión is one of the municipalities of Artigas Department, Uruguay, established on 13 September 2009. Its seat is the city of Bella Unión. It replaced the Autonomous and Elective Local Board of Bella Union created in 1994.

History

The Local Board of Bella Unión was established as Autonomous and Elective on 14 June 1994, obtaining wider powers than existing standard Local Boards. Until before the Laws of Municipalities were passed in late 2009 and early 2010, it was one of the three existing second level administrative subdivisions with certain level of autonomy and able to held local elections of its authorities. It comprised the territory of the Seventh Judicial Section of Artigas Department.

In September 2009 it was converted to Municipality, following the provisions of the Municipalities Laws 18567 and 18653 (that ordered the creation of municipalities in all settlements with a population of at least 2000 inhabitants), with the powers of the new system but also keeping the powers obtained from the former system. It includes the constituencies identified by the series ICD, ICE and ICF, and keeps the same territory assigned to the Autonomous and Elective Local Board of Bella Unión.

Location

The municipality is located in the northeast corner of Artigas Department, west to the municipality of Tomás Gomensoro, and bordering Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul State to the north and Argentina's Corrientes Province to the west.

Settlements

The following settlements are part of this region:

Authorities

The authority of the municipality is the Municipal Council, integrated by the Mayor (who presides it) and four Councilors. The following is the list of authorities since 2010.

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Mayors by period
- ! N° Mayor Party Start End Notes - 1 William Cresseri 2010 2015 Elected Mayor.
Councilors: Luis Carlos López (FA), Jesús Moraes (FA), María Moraes (FA), Aldorio Silveira (PN).
- 2 Luis Carlos López Frente Amplio 2015 2020 Elected Mayor.
Councilors: Washington Pereira (FA), Yamandú Oliveira (FA), William Cresseri (PN), Ruben Prats (PN).
- 3 William Cresseri 2020 Incumbent Elected Mayor.
Councilors: Luis García (PN), Juan C. Brandon (PN), Yamandú Olivera (FA), Hugo Dávila (FA).