Uruguay Country Guide | Guide to Uruguay

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Country Guide Uruguay

Capital:

Montevideo

Population:

3,463,000

Currency:

Uruguayan peso (UYU)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%

Government:

constitutional republic

Languages:

Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)

Climate:

warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Phone Code:

598

Fiesta Gaucha [video]

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