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Uruguay is a country in the southeastern region of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil.It is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America between 53 and 58 west longitude and 30 and 35 south latitude. [1]
Region HDI (2022) Very high human development 1 Montevideo: 0.846 2 Costa Este (Canelones, Maldonado and Rocha) 0.832 – Uruguay: 0.830: 3 Centro Sur (Flores, Florida and Lavalleja) 0.822 4 Centro (Durazno and Tacuarembó) 0.804 High human development 5 Litoral Sur (Soriano, Colonia and San José) 0.797 6
An enlargeable basic map of Uruguay. Pronunciation: (/ ˈ jʊər ə ɡ w aɪ / ⓘ; Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj]) Common English country name: Uruguay; Official English country name: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Common endonym(s): Uruguay; Official endonym(s): República Oriental del Uruguay; Adjectival(s): Uruguayan; Demonym(s): Oriental, Uruguayan
Since 2009 (Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009), [5] the Uruguayan departments have been subdivided into municipalities. This system has been widely criticized as a waste of resources, due to Uruguay's small population of 3.4 million. The inaugural municipal elections were held in 2010, with municipal officials assuming office later in the year ...
Topographical map of Uruguay With 176,214 km 2 (68,037 sq mi) of continental land and 142,199 km 2 (54,903 sq mi) of jurisdictional water and small river islands, [ 66 ] Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname ) and the third smallest territory ( French Guiana is the smallest). [ 67 ]
ISO 3166-2:UY is the entry for Uruguay in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Uruguay, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 19 ...
Uruguay geography stubs (3 C, 353 P) Pages in category "Geography of Uruguay" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
This would bring its population to 112,447. However, Wikipedia takes the number 95,178 as the one reflecting the population of what is officially defined as "Ciudad de la Costa" and which coincides with the limits of the municipality of the same name. Source: National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay [1] [2] [3] [4]