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uruguay facts
  • Name: Uruguay
    (long form) Oriental Republic of Uruguay
  • Capital City: Montevideo (1,336,878 pop.)
    (1,800,000 metro)
  • Uruguay Population: (2010 est.)
  • World Populations (all countries)
  • Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
    (conversion rates)

    Uruguayan Pesos
    Two Thousand Uruguayan Pesos
  • Ethnicity: White 88%, Mestizo 8%, Black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent)
  • GDP total: $47.8 billion (2010)
  • GDP per capita: $13,600 (2010)
  • Land Sizes
  • Language: Spanish (official), Portunol
  • Largest Cities: (by population) Montevideo, Salto, Paysandu, Las Piedras, Rivera, Maldonado, Tacuarembo, Melo, Mercedes, Artigas
  • Name: The name Uruguay means "river where the loud painted birds live" in the Guarani language.
  • National Day: August 25
  • Religion: Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1%
  • Symbols

Montevideo
Palacio Salvo and the Plaza Independencia, Montevideo
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