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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]
An enlargeable relief map of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uruguay: Uruguay – sovereign country located in southeastern South America. [1] It is home to 3.46 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. Montevideo was ...
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 ]
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
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 ...
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The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City). There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities.
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