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Masoller is a village or populated centre of the
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in northern
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, next to the ''de facto'' border with
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, in an area where that border is disputed.


Geography

The village is located on Route 30, on the tripoint with Salto and Artigas departments, in the
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of Tranqueras.


History

In 1904 a notable battle was fought at Masoller between the opposing forces of the Colorados, led by
José Batlle y Ordóñez José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( or ; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed ''Don Pepe'', was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He w ...
, and the Blancos, led by Aparicio Saravia, resulting in a victory for the former. The Battle of Masoller is reckoned to mark the end of the intermittent civil war which occurred throughout much of 19th century
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.


Uruguayan-Brazilian border dispute

A longstanding border dispute involving territory in the vicinity of Masoller exists between
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and
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, although this has not harmed close diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries;
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and
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have not actively asserted overt measures to reinforce their respective claims to the area such as by sending troops to the vicinity. The disputed area is called ''Rincón de Artigas'' ( pt, Rincão de Artigas), and the dispute arises from the fact that the treaty that delimited the Brazil-Uruguay border in 1851 determined that the border in that area would be a creek called ''Arroyo de la Invernada'' ( pt, Arroio da Invernada), but the two countries disagree on which actual stream is the so-named one. So far, Rincón de Artigas is effectively under Brazilian control. The village of Masoller itself is in undisputed Uruguayan territory, just a few hundred metres from the largely unmarked and unimpeded ''de facto'' international border.


Population

In 2011 Masoller had a population of 240. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''


See also

*
José Batlle y Ordóñez José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( or ; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed ''Don Pepe'', was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He w ...
* Aparicio Saravia *
Rivera Department Rivera Department () is a department of the northern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 103,493. Its capital is the city of Rivera. It borders Brazil to the north and east, Cerro Largo Department to the southeast, Tacuaremb ...
* Tranqueras - city to which Masoller administratively belongs. * Brazilian Island - another disputed area between Uruguay and Brazil.


References

*Chasteen, John Charles; 'Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos', University of New Mexico Press, 1995


External links


INE map of Masoller
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