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{{other uses|Rio Branco (disambiguation)}}
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Christian Morel ([[National Party (Uruguay)|PN]])
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'''Río Branco''' is a city in the [[Cerro Largo Department|Cerro Largo]] [[Departments of Uruguay|department]] of northeastern [[Uruguay]], it borders the [[Brazil]]ian city of [[Jaguarão]], with which it communicates through the [[Baron of Mauá International Bridge]].

==Name==
The words ''Rio Branco'' mean "white river" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. However, the name does not refer to any local river; it is a tribute to Brazilian diplomat [[José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco]], who negotiated the definitive borders of Brazil and Uruguay. Hence the Portuguese name, instead of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''Río Blanco'' (although the city's name has an acute accent on the first word that is required in Spanish, but absent from the Portuguese spelling).

==Geography==
It is located at the east end of Route 26, about {{convert|86|km}} east-southeast of the department capital city of [[Melo, Uruguay|Melo]].

The [[Jaguarão River|Yaguarón River]] ({{langx|pt|Rio Jaguarão}}), which forms the natural border with Brazil, flows along the city's northern limits. Right across the river lies the Brazilian town of [[Jaguarão]], with the [[Baron of Mauá International Bridge]] joining the two cities.

==History==
On 31 August 1915, the ''villa'' (town) previously known as Artigas was given its present name by Act of Law 5330.<ref name=stats/> On 1 July 1953, its status was elevated to a ''ciudad'' (city) by Act of Law 11,963.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=11963 |title= LEY N° 11.963 |publisher= República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo |date=1953 |accessdate=9 September 2012}}</ref>

==Population==
In 2011, Río Branco had a population of 14,604.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Cerro%20Largo/P_3_CLA.xls |title=Censos 2011 Cuadros Cerro Largo |date=2012 |publisher=INE |accessdate=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010041650/http://www.ine.gub.uy/censos2011/resultadosfinales/cuadros/NIVEL%20DEPARTAMENTAL/Cerro%20Largo/P_3_CLA.xls |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.1em;"
! Year || Population
|- align="right"
| 1908 || 4,106
|- align="right"
| 1963 || 4,023
|- align="right"
| 1975 || 5,685
|- align="right"
| 1985 || 9,072
|- align="right"
| 1996 || 12,215
|- align="right"
| 2004 || 13,456
|- align="right"
| 2011 || 14,604
|}
Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''<ref name=stats>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/toponimico/Categorizaci%F3n%20localidades%20urbanas%20orden%20alfab%E9tico.pdf |title=Statistics of urban localities (1908–2004) |publisher=INE |date=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>

==Consular representation==
[[Brazil]] has a Vice-consulate in Río Branco.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riobranco.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/|title=Vice-Consulado do Brasil em Rio Branco|website=Ministério das Relações Exteriores|language=pt|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>

==Places of worship==
* [[San Juan Bautista, Río Branco|St. John the Baptist Parish Church]] ([[Roman Catholic]])

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Río Branco}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130309063848/http://www.ine.gub.uy/mapas/censos2011/para%20colgar%20en%20web/pdf/04_UYCL/Localidades/A1H_04522%20R%C3%ADo%20Branco.pdf INE map of Río Branco]

{{Cerro Largo Department}}

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[[Category:Populated places in the Cerro Largo Department]]
[[Category:Cities in Uruguay]]
[[Category:Uruguay (geography) articles]]

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