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Isidoro Noblía

town in Cerro Largo department, Uruguay

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2023
Entity authorityQ1673970 ↗
Source-derived summary

Isidoro Noblía is a small town (villa) in the Cerro Largo Department of eastern Uruguay.

Geography

Location

It is located on Route 8, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Aceguá on the border with Brazil and 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Melo.

History

Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 15 November 1963 by the Act of Ley Nº 13.167 and then to "Villa" (town) on 20 October 1992 by the Act of Ley Nº 16.312

Population

In 2011 Isidoro Noblía had a population of 2,331.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Isidoro Noblía” is town in Cerro Largo department, Uruguay. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Isidoro, Noblía and town, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1992, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Isidoro, Noblía and town is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “town in Cerro Largo department, Uruguay” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 2, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q1673970. Authority coordinates are -31.967, -54.117. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1992 and 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Isidoro Noblía”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Isidoro Noblía primary sources, Isidoro Noblía archive and Isidoro research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Isidoro Noblía”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Isidoro Noblía” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.