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When mobile telephony arrived in Uruguay, Movicom BellSouth was the only service provider. Mobile phone numbers began with digits 09, followed by 6 digits: 09xxxxxx. In 1994, ANTEL started its own mobile phone service, creating Ancel, which later merged into Antel.
Atlantic Express is a high speed catamaran operated by Argentinian ferry operator Colonia Express. She was launched on 28 January 1991 as Hoverspeed Boulogne . [ 1 ] The vessel operates between Buenos Aires and Colonia del Sacramento .
Colonia del Sacramento (Spanish: [koˈlonja ðel sakɾaˈmento] ⓘ; Portuguese: Colônia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and the capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.
Los Cipreses S.A., doing business as Buquebus, is a Uruguayan company [1] that operates ferry services from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Colonia.The company also operates a fleet of coaches to Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman, Salto, Uruguay, Carmelo, Atlántida, Punta del Este, La Paloma, La Pedrera and Punta del Diablo from Montevideo, Colonia and Piriapolis.
The southwestern region of Uruguay, in which Colonia is located, is typically associated with dairy production. Its proximity to Buenos Aires makes it the main entry point for tourists traveling from Argentina to Uruguay. Tourism is also favored by part of the capital being a World Heritage Site.
Colonia International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Colonia "Laguna de los Patos") (IATA: CYR, ICAO: SUCA) is a general aviation airport serving Colonia del Sacramento, capital of the Colonia Department of Uruguay. The airport is just inland from the shore of the Río de la Plata estuary, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Colonia ...
Map of Uruguay. This is a list of airports in Uruguay, sorted alphabetically by ICAO code. Uruguay, officially known as the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. Uruguay's only land border is with Brazil, to the north.
The town is located on the coast of Río de la Plata near the stream Arroyo Conchillas, 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Colonia del Sacramento, the capital city of the department, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Carmelo.