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Uruguay
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
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- Official name
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay · Spanish
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Region
- South America
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 3.4 million
- Area
- 181,034 km²
- Currency
- Uruguayan peso (UYU)
- Neighbours
- Argentina, Brazil
- Internet / phone
- .uy · +598
Where it is
Notable facts
- Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup, hosted in Montevideo in 1930.
- It generates the great majority of its electricity from renewables, mainly wind and hydro.
- Uruguay was the first country to fully legalise and regulate cannabis, in 2013.
- It has more cattle than people, by a factor of roughly three to one.
World Heritage 3 sites
- Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
- Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape
- The work of engineer Eladio Dieste: Church of Atlántida
National dish
Chivito A steak sandwich with ham, cheese, bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato.
Asado is the shared Río de la Plata answer; the chivito is Uruguay's own, invented in Punta del Este in the 1940s.