Uruguay
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| Naitional motto: Libertad o muerte (Spainyie) "Liberty or Death" |
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.svg) Location o Uruguay |
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| Offeecial leid | Spainyie | ||||
| Caipital | Montevideo | ||||
| Lairgest ceety | caipital | ||||
| Govrenment Heid o State - |
Presidential republic Preses José Mujica Vice Preses Danilo Astori |
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| Area | 176,215 km² 68,037 sq mi |
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| Population | 2002 census: 3,399,236 2009 estimate: 3,494,382 |
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| Foondin | Frae Brazil declaired 25 August 1825 | ||||
| Siller | Uruguayan peso ($) | ||||
| Time zone | UYT (UTC-3) UYST (UTC-2) |
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| Naitional anthem | Himno Nacional Uruguayo (Spainyie) | ||||
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| Internet TLD | .uy, | ||||
| Cawin code | +598 | ||||
Uruguay, offeecially the Oriental Republic o Uruguay, is a kintra locatit in the sootheastren part o Sooth Americae. It is home to some 3.5 million kowk, o whom 1.4 million live in the caipital Montevideo an its metropolitan area. An estimated 88% o the population ar o European descent.
Uruguay's anerlie land border is wi Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to the north. To the wast lies the Uruguay River, tae the soothwast lies the estuary o Río de la Plata, wi Argentinae anerlie a short commute across the banks o either o these bodies o watter, while to the sootheast lies the soothren part o the Atlantic Ocean. Uruguay, wi an area o approximately 176 thousand km2, is the seicont smallest naition o Sooth Americae in area efter Suriname.
Colonia del Sacramento, ane o Uruguay's auldest European settlements, wis foondit bi the Portuguese in 1680. Montevideo wis foondit bi the Spainyie in the early 18t century as a military stranghold. Uruguay wan its independence in 1811–1828 followin a three-way struggle amang Spain, Argentinae an Brazil. It is a constitutional democracy, where the preses fulfills the roles o baith heid o state an heid o government.
Uruguay is ane o the maist economically developed kintras in Sooth Americae, wi a hie GDP per capita an the 50t hichtest quality o life in the warld. The economy is lairgely based on agriculture (makin up 10% o GDP an the maist substantial export) an the state sector. Accordin tae Transparency International, Uruguay is rated as the least corrupt kintra in Latin Americae (alang wi Chile), wi its political an labour conditions being amang the freest on the continent.
In 2007, it became the first Latin American kintra tae legalize same-sex anae different-sex civil unions at a naitional level.
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