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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Uruguay 
 Main prefix
 CX 
 Time zone
 -3 h 
 Continent
 South America 
 
          Uruguay          
 
 Uruguay 

 Uruguay - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Uruguay          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy.
 
          Uruguay          
 
 Uruguay 
 Capital: 
Montevideo
 Administrative
 divisions: 
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento): Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, and Treinta y Tres.
 Population: 
3,386,575 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
33° 00' S, 56° 00' W
 Area total: 
176,220 sq. km
 Land area: 
173,620 sq. km
 Water area: 
2,600 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
1,564 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km
 Coastline: 
660 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Cerro Catedral 514 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.uy
 Currency: 
Uruguayan peso (UYU)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Uruguay
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republica Oriental del Uruguay
 Name - local
 short form: 
Uruguay
 Former name: 
Banda Oriental, Cisplatine Province
 Independence: 
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
 Constitution: 
27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980, two constitutional reforms approved by plebiscite 26 November 1989 and 7 January 1997
 Government
 type: 
constitutional republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 25 August (1825)
 
          Uruguay          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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