Bella Unión is a city in the north part of Artigas Department of Uruguay.

It was started by Fructuoso Rivera, who played a prominent role in the early history of Uruguay.

[1] On 15 October 1963, its status was raised to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley No.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay[dead link‍][1] It is located at the north end of Route 3, on the banks of the Uruguay River, near the mouth of Río Cuareim.

Being situated on a piece of land protruding between Argentina and Brazil, it lies across Monte Caseros, Corrientes of Argentina to the west and across Barra do Quaraí of Brazil, which is only 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the northeast, joined by a bridge over Río Cuareim.