Uruguay

• Capital: Montevideo
• Major Geographical Features
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Rio de la Plata
  • Uruguay River
  • Cuchilla Gradne
  • Rio Negro
  • Laguna Merin
• Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
  • Formerly
    • Banda Oriental
    • Cisplatine Province
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Portunol or Brazilero (a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese)
• 1973: The Marxist guerrilla group, Tupamaros, is allowed to control the military
• 1985: Civilian Rule restored
• Independence: 1825 from Brazil
• Government: constitutional republic
• Currency: Uruguayan peso
• Uruguay is slightly larger than Washington
• Literacy: 98%
• Climate: Warm Temperate
• 2nd smallest nation in South America
• 3/4 grassland
• Lowest poverty and population growth rates in South America
• Highest urbanization and literacy rates in South America
• 93% of the population is either Spanish or Italian
  • Around the same number lives in cities with Montevideo home to 33% of the population