Uruguay - Urugwaj

Uruguay
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Main information
Capital city	Montevideo
Political system	republic
Currency	Uruguayan peso
Surface	176 220
Population	3 477 779
Tongue	Spanish
religion	Catholicism
Code	598
Internet domain	.uy
Time zone	UTC-03: 00↗, UTC-02: 00↗

Uruguay - country in South America, above The Atlantic, bordering on Argentina from the west and Brazil from the north. It is the capital of the state Montevideo, the Atlantic port at the mouth of La Plata. On the other side of this estuary lies the capital of Argentina - Buenos Aires. Formerly, Uruguay was part of the Viceroyalty of La Plata and was called Banda Oriental (East Bank).

Geography

Climate

History

Policy

18 Uruguay 8.12 Full democracy Presidential system, bicameralism

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

Uruguay's largest airport is Montevideo International Airport.

By rail

By bus

By ship

Regions

Uruguay is divided into 19 departments:

   Artigas Canelones Cerro Largo Colonia Durazno Flores Florida Lavalleja Maldonado Montevideo Paysandú Río Negro Rivera Rocha Salto San José Soriano Tacuarembó Treinta y Tres

Cities

Uruguay is one of the most urbanized countries in South America. The urban population here constitutes nearly 90% of the country's population. Of these, nearly half of the city's population lives in the country's capital. According to official data from 2011, Uruguay had over 120 cities with a population of over 1,000. residents. Montevideo, the country's capital, was the only city with over a million inhabitants; 1 city with a population of 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 7 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 13 cities with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

• Montevideo
• Somersault
• Ciudad de la Costa
• Paysandú
• Piedras forest
• Rivera
• Maldonado
• Tacuarembó
• Melo
• Mercedes
• Artigas
• Minas
• Florida
• Pando

Interesting places

• Punta del Este

Transport

Tongue

The official language of Uruguay is Spanish.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Security

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Uruguay

No facility - a country served by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

Embassy of the Republic of Uruguay

ul. Rejtana 15/12, 02-516 Warsaw

Phone: 48 22 849 50 40

Fax: 48 22 646 68 87

E-mail: [email protected]