Uruguay
Uruguay, offeecially the Oriental Republic o Uruguay, is a kintra locatit in the sootheastren pairt o Sooth Americae.
It is hame tae some 3.5 million fowk, 1.4 million o whilk live in the caipital Montevideo an its metropolitan aurie. An estimatit 88% o the population ar o European strynd.
Oriental Republic o Uruguay
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Motto: "Libertad o Muerte" (Spaingie) "Freedom or Daith" | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Montevideo 34°53′S 56°10′W / 34.883°S 56.167°W |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
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| Demonym(s) | Uruguayan |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Luis Lacalle Pou |
• Vice Preses | Beatriz Argimón |
| Legislatur | General Assembly |
• Upper house | Chamber o Senators |
• Lower house | Chamber o Deputies |
| Unthirldom frae the Brazil | |
• Declaration | 25 August 1825 |
• Recognition | 28 August 1828 |
• Constitution | 18 Julie 1830 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 176,215 km2 (68,037 sq mi) (91st) |
• Water (%) | 1.5 |
| Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 3,318,535 (133rd) |
• 2011 census | 3,286,314 |
• Density | 18.65/km2 (48.3/sq mi) (196t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate |
• Total | $56.338 billion |
• Per capita | $16,607 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $55.412 billion |
• Per capita | $16,334 |
| Gini (2010) | 45.3 medium |
| HDI (2013) |  0.792heich · 51st |
| Currency | Uruguayan peso (UYU) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (UYT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−2 (UYST) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +598 |
| ISO 3166 code | UY |
| Internet TLD | .uy |
Uruguay's anerlie land mairch is wi Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, tae the north. Wastlins lees the Uruguay River, tae the soothwast lees the estuar o Río de la Plata, wi Argentinae anerlie a short commute athort the banks o aither o thir bodies o watter, while sootheastlins lees the soothren pairt o the Atlantic Ocean. Uruguay, wi an aurie o approximately 176 thoosand km2, is the seicont smawest naition o Sooth Americae in aurie efter Suriname.
Colonia del Sacramento, ane o Uruguay's auldest European dounsets, wis foondit bi the Portuguese in 1680. Montevideo wis foondit bi the Spaingie in the air 18t century as a militar stranghauld. Uruguay wan its unthirldom in 1811–1828 followin a three-wey struggle amang Spain, Argentinae an Brazil. It is a constitutional democracy, whaur the preses fulfills the roles o baith heid o state an heid o govrenment.
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 mainly based on agriculture (makin up 10% o GDP an the maist substantial export) an the state sector. Accordin tae Transparency Internaitional, Uruguay is ratit as the least corrupt kintra in Latin Americae (alang wi Chile), wi its poleetical an labour condeetions bein amang the freest on the continent.
In 2007, it became the first Latin American kintra tae legalize same-sex an different-sex ceevil unions at a naitional level.
Etymologie
La República Oriental del Uruguay oreeginally meant the republic east o the Uruguay [River], but is nou uusually translatit intae Inglis as the Oriental Republic o Uruguay. The govrenment o Uruguay normally uisses simply Uruguay.
The etymologie o the Uruguay River, comin frae the Guaraní leid, is uncertain, but the offeecial meanin is "river o the paintit birds".
References
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