It replaced the Autonomous and Elective Local Board of Bella Union created in 1994.

The Local Board of Bella Unión was established as Autonomous and Elective on 14 June 1994, obtaining wider powers than existing standard Local Boards.

It comprised the territory of the Seventh Judicial Section of Artigas Department.

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.

[5][6][7] 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.