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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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What is Uruguay total area?
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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?
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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.
What do Uruguay people eat?
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People in Uruguay usually make products and sell them, or sometimes people work in common bakerys or shops or anything like that.
What does Uruguay mean?
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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?
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Yes. Uruguay is some 176,215sqkm whilst Oklahoma is slightly larger at 181,195 sqkm
What primary language is spoken in Uruguay?
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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?
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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 are 3 types of jobs in Uruguay?
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They give spray tans to strange hairy dudes and to Hobos
What is the capital of Uruguay?
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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?
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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?
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Aurelio Iragorri Valencia is the Minister of Interior for Colombia.
How do you spell Uruguay?
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"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."
Where is Uruguays capitol located?
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On the south of the country, it's called Montevideo.
What is the third largest industry in Uruguay?
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Uruguay's chief resource and industry is livestock.
Which country has the southernmost capital in the city in south America?
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unknown.searched in all webs.couldnt find.
Are there any unique creatures in Uruguay?
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venomous snakes and some spiders even insects
Is Uruguay a country in Central America?
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Uruguay is a country in South America. South America does not have a capital, it has countries. Each country has it's own capital. The capital city of Uruguay is Montevideo.
What is the average income in Uruguay?
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The minimum salary is around $2,000 (as of December 29th, 2009 rates would be around 100 US Dollars).
What type of money did Uruguay use?
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Uruguayan Peso, about 1 US Dollar is 20 Uruguayan Pesos. For electronics, cars and houses Uruguay use US Dollars.
What country is Uruguay located?
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In the south. It's the smallest department (how Uruguay calls its "provinces") in size but largest in population by far. It borders with San José and Canelones (other departments) and with the estuary "Río de la Plata" (River Plate)
