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Uruguay
Uruguay is a country in the southeastern part of South America. Its capital is Montevideo and it is the second smallest country in South America with a total land area of 176,000 square kilometers.
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Who is the best player in Uruguay team?
The captain of Uruguay was José Nasazzi Yarza (24 May 1901 in Montevideo - 17 June 1968), Uruguayan footballer. He had won the gold medal in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928 with the Uruguayan Football Team. He retired in 1937.
The Uruguayan professional football club "Club Atlético Bella Vista" stadium is named after him.
What type of vegetation in Uruguay?
Mostly an agricultural country, wool as one of their main exports. Many different types of crops
The clothes people wear in Uruguay do not deffer much from the clothers people wear in other countries such as: Argentina, USA, UK... Uruguayans wear jeans, skirts & dresses (for women or girls), T-Shirts... blablabla...
Colonia del Sacramento is a famous place in Uruguay. It is a beautifully preserved colonail town that was actually originally founded by the Portugese. Today it is protected as a world heritage site by UNESCO.
Uruguay has a template climate so in summer the temperature may rise up to 36° C and in winter temperatures can be as low as 0° C or maybe a little less. Temperatures in the same are in average around 25° C.
Where are the major cities of Uruguay?
The capital city of Uruguay is Montevideo. More than half the people of Uruguay live in the Montevideo metropolitan area. No other city has even one tenth the population of the capital. The next largest cities are Salto, Ciudad de la Costa, and Paysandú.
176215 square kilomiters.. which are in square miles: 109450 if my math isn't wrong: 1mile - 1.61 km 176215 * 1 / 1.61 = 109450
What countries and bodies of water border Switzerland?
Lake Geneva is the main body of water in Switzerland. Lake Geneva is beautiful and can be seen from many tourist attractions throughout Switzerland. The lake is surrounded on one side by a snow capped mountain.
People in Uruguay usually make products and sell them, or sometimes people work in common bakerys or shops or anything like that.
The word Uruguay, coming from the Guarani language, means "river where the painted birds live". The country has its name because of the river that limits it from Argentina (Uruguay River).
What is the size of Uruguay compared to the us?
Yes. Uruguay is some 176,215sqkm whilst Oklahoma is slightly larger at 181,195 sqkm
What primary language is spoken in Uruguay?
The 1 official language of Uruguay is Spanish, spoken by virtually everyone. Uruguay is very monolingual.
In the northern parts of Uruguay they speak Portuñol (also called Brasiliero), which is a mix of Spanish and Portuguese.
Uruguayan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Uruguay, used since 1910. It is not intelligible with neighboring languages.
Here is a list of 10 minority immigrant languages spoken in Uruguay, but these languages have no political or social recognition, and are only spoken by very small minorities:
- Catalan-Valencian-Balear
- Corsican
- Eastern Yiddish
- Hunsriker
- Italian
- Lithuanian
- Plautdietsch
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Standard German
English is the most widely taught foreign language, but not very many people are fluent in it.
What bodies of water touch Uruguay?
The most important and largest river in Uruguay is the Uruguay River that separates Uruguay from Argentina. Also the "Río Negro" (Black River) that crosses Uruguay from east to west in the middle and the estuary "Río de la Plata" in the south (outside though) of the country. An important lake would be the "Laguna Merín" (Merín Lagoon) in the south west of the country which borders with Brazil also.
What is the capital of Uruguay?
Uruguay's capital is Montevideo, its located on the south of the country. It has around 1 million inhabitants (the most populated city in the country) and it limits with the estuary Río de la Plata.
What are some celebrations in Uruguay?
January 1st - New Year
January 6th - Día de Reyes (Epiphany)
March 1st - if a new political party takes office (once every 5 years)
April 19th - Landing of the 33 Orientals
May 1st - Labor Day
May 18th - Las Piedras Battle
June 19th - Gral. José Artigas Birth & Never Again Day
July 18th - Constitution Day
August 25th - Independence Day
October 12th - Americas Day
November 2nd - Deceased's Day
December 25th - Family Day (Christmas)
Who is the Minister of Interior for Uruguay?
Aurelio Iragorri Valencia is the Minister of Interior for Colombia.
"Oo-roo-gweye"* is the Spanish pronunciation of "Uruguay."
The English pronunciation depends upon the country the English speaker is from. For example, just in American English there are different pronunciations. One common pronunciation nevertheless is "Yuhr-uh-gweye."
*The sound "eye" is similar to that in the noun "eye."
