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🇺🇾 Uruguay — República Oriental
Second-smallest South American country (after Suriname), Uruguay sits on the Atlantic Ocean bordered by Argentina to the west and Brazil to the north. The Uruguay River separates Uruguay from Argentina. The river’s mouth and its confluence with the Paraná River is the Rio de la Plata estuary, both countries’ most densely populated regions to the south of Uruguay.
Uruguay
Canelones + San José + Colonia del Sacramento + Soriano + Rio Négro
Capital city of 62 barrios
Paysandú + Salto + Artigas + Tauarembó + Rivera
Durazno + Cerra Largo + Treinta y Trés + Lavalleja + Florida + Flores
Maldonado + Rocha
Basics of Uruguay
Know Before You Go
Spanish
official language
Uruguayan Peso $U
currency
19
official departments
Montevideo
capital
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