Uruguay Country Info - South America

Description and Basic Information

Uruguay with its capital Montevideo is located in South America (Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 176,221 square kilometres (slightly smaller than the state of Washington) with 3,477,000 citizens. Spanish is the language spoken by people in Uruguay. It is charing borders with Brazil and Argentina.

Uruguay is a country in South America. It has a South Atlantic Ocean coastline and lies between Argentina to the west and Brazil to the north. One of the best experiences to have while your stay at Uruguay is to watch a game between Nacional and Peñarol, the two most followed football teams in the nation. Sunbathing, surfing and bathing in the oceanic coast. The most important beaches are Punta del Este, Piriapolis, La Paloma, La Pedrera, Cabo Polonio, Punta del Diablo and Santa Teresa(national park and camping).

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About Uruguay

The topography features mostly rolling plains and low hills with fertile coastal lowland. The average density of population is about 19 per km². The climate in Uruguay can be described as warm temperate with freezing temperatures almost unknown. Potential natural disasters are seasonally high winds (the pampero being a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods or because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts.

To reach someone in Uruguay dial +598 prior to a number. There are 953,400 installed telephones. And there are 4,112,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1800, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".uy". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 19 regions/states in Uruguay we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Uruguayan population grew at a rate of 0.45% (or by 15,691 citizens). With 31,804 deaths and 47,987 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.46%. -491 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Uruguay: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.