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Uruguay

UY / URY   -33.0°, -56.0°

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in southeastern South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometers (68,037 sq mi). It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

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People are called
Uruguayan
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+598
Capital
Montevideo
Population
3,444,263
Area
176,215 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Uruguayan peso
Languages
Spanish
Sells
wood pulp, beef, milk, rice
Sells to
China 21%, Brazil 17%, USA 8%
Land borders
2: Argentina, Brazil
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+598
Founded
1825
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Uruguayan

These are English demonyms for people from Uruguay. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Uruguay yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial
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Largest cities

Montevideo  capital 1,270,737
Salto 114,084
Maldonado 102,000
Rivera 84,775
Paysandú 81,550

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Climate zone

Highest point

Southern hemisphere.

Land borders (2)

Figures from its history

Jose Gervasio Artigas
Jose Gervasio Artigas Father of Uruguayan independence José Gervasio Artigas Arnal was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the Father of the Nation.
Jose Mujica
Jose Mujica President known for his austerity José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: official languages.