Javier de Viana is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Artigas Department Artigas Department ( es, Departamento de Artigas, ) is the northernmost department of Uruguay, located in its northwestern region. Its capital is the city of Artigas, which borders on the Brazilian city of Quaraí. Artigas Department has an area ...

of northern

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. It was named after the

an writer Javier de Viana.

Geography

The town is located on Route 30, about west of the city of Artigas and northeast of the stream Arroyo Tres Cruces.

Population

In 2011 Javier de Viana had a population of 140. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''

References

External links

INE map of Javier de Viana
Populated places in the Artigas Department {{Artigas-geo-stub