Uruguay
South AmericaDid you know?
- •Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930.
- •Montevideo dominates the country so strongly that a large share of Uruguay's population lives in or around the capital.
- •Uruguay is bordered by only two countries, Argentina and Brazil, yet also opens onto the Atlantic world through the Rio de la Plata.
Key Information
Capital
Montevideo
Population
3,5 million
Area
181,034 km²
GDP
90,6 billion $
Currency
UYU
Difficulty on MapGuesser
Medium
Subregion
South America
Calling code
+598
MapGuesser Tip
Uruguay is the small country on South America's Atlantic side, wedged between Brazil and Argentina.
Official Languages
Spanish
Flag Colors
bleublancorrouge
Flag History
The national flag of Uruguay, officially known as the National Pavilion, is the most important of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the Artigas flag and the flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on 18 December 1828, and had 19 alternating stripes of white and blue unti...
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