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Montevideo (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ v ɪ ˈ d eɪ oʊ /, [10] US also /-ˈ v ɪ d i oʊ /; [11] Spanish: [monteβiˈðeo]) is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) [12] in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi).
Ciudad Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [θjuˈðað ˈβjexa], Old City) is the historic city centre of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the Bay of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire, after the independence of Uruguay the city rapidly grew outwards and the Ciudad Vieja remained as one of the central neighbourhoods ...
Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometres (68,037 sq mi). [8] It has a population of around 3.4 million, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers 13,000 years ago. [13]
Montevideo, the capital and major port, sits on the banks of the Río de la Plata and is on approximately the same latitude as Cape Town and Sydney. [1] Uruguay is the smallest Spanish-speaking nation in South America with a land area of 175,015 km 2 (67,574 sq mi) and a water area of 1,200 km 2 (463 sq mi).
The agreement was reached after 25 years of negotiations, in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, that were attended by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the leaders of ...
Montevideo (Spanish pronunciation: [monteβiˈðeo]) is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of Montevideo, which is also the national capital. While most of the department is covered by the capital city, there are still smaller towns ...
"The destiny and future of this country has to change," Orsi told Reuters in an interview in capital Montevideo, saying his center-left Broad Front coalition was the force to push that change by ...
A deluge struck Uruguay's capital of Montevideo at the beginning of the week, causing chaotic scenes across the city as streets were left underwater after more than a month's worth of rain fell ...