Montevideo

Montevideo is the capital city of , on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby , Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.
  • City with about 1,300,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MVD
  • …was formerly known as “San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo”
  • Description: capital and largest city of Uruguay
  • Also known as
    “Ciudad de Montevideo”
    “Montevideo, Uruguay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mercosur and Palacio Salvo.
Government office
The Southern Common Market is a South American trade…
The is an eclectic skyscraper at the…
Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
Square
is the main public square of Montevideo, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cordón and Punta Carretas.
is a central barrio of Montevideo, .
is a barrio of Montevideo, .
is a barrio of Montevideo, .
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Latitude
-34.9059° or 34° 54′ 21″ south
Longitude
-56.1913° or 56° 11′ 29″ west
UN/LOCODE
UY MVD
Open location code
48Q53RV5+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Montevideo” goes by many names.
МонтевидеоAbkhazian
MontevideoAchinese
MontevideoAfrikaans
MontevideoAlbanian
ሞንቴቪዴዎAmharic
مونتفيدوArabic
مونتيفيديوArabic
MontevideoAragonese
ՄոնտեվիդեոArmenian
MontevidéuAsturian
MuntividëwAymara
MontevideoAzerbaijani
MontévidéoBalinese
МонтевидеоBashkir
MontevideoBasque
MontevideoBavarian
МантэвідэаBelarusian
МантэвідэоBelarusian
МонтэвідэоBelarusian
মন্টেভিডিওBengali
মোন্তেবিদেওBengali
মোন্তেভিদেওBengali
MontevideoBosnian
MontevideoBreton
МонтевидеоBulgarian
မွန်တီဗစ်ဒီအိုမြို့Burmese
MontevideoCatalan
MontevideoCebuano
MontevideoCentral Bikol
مۆنتیڤیدیۆCentral Kurdish
Montevideo ciudadChavacano
МонтевидеоChechen
蒙得維的亞Chinese
蒙得维的亚Chinese
蒙特維多Chinese
МонтевидеоChuvash
MontevideoCorsican
MontevideoCroatian
MontevideoCzech
MontevideoDanish
MontevideoDimli (individual language)
MontevideoDutch
مونتيڤيدييوEgyptian Arabic
MontevideoEsperanto
MontevideoEstonian
MontevideuExtremaduran
MontevideoFiji Hindi
MontevideoFijian
MotevideoFijian
MontevideoFinnish
MontevideoGagauz
MontevideoGalician
მონტევიდეოGeorgian
ΜοντεβιδέοGreek
MontevideoGuarani
મોન્ટેવીડિયોGujarati
MontevideoHaitian
MontevideoHakka Chinese
MontevideoHausa
MontevideoHawaiian
מונטווידאוHebrew
मोण्टेवीडियोHindi
MontevideoHungarian
MontevídeóIcelandic
MontevideoIdo
MontevideoInari Sami
MontevideoIndonesian
MontevideoInterlingua
MontevideoInterlingue
MontevideoIrish
MontevideoItalian
モンテヴィデオJapanese
モンテビデオJapanese
MontevideoJavanese
MontevideoKalaallisut
ಮಾಂಟೇವಿಡಿಯೋKannada
MontevideoKara-Kalpak
МонтевидеоKazakh
Монтевидео қаласыKazakh
MontevideoKinyarwanda
МонтевидеоKirghiz
MontevideoKongo
몬떼비데오Korean
몬테비데오Korean
MontevideoKotava
MontevideoKurdish
MontevideoLadino
Urbs Montis VideiLatin
MontevideoLatvian
МонтевидеоLezghian
MontevideoLigurian
MontevideoLingala
MontevidėjasLithuanian
MontevideoLivvi
MontevideoLombard
MontevideoLow German
MontevideoLuxembourgish
MontevideoMacedo-Romanian
МонтевидеоMacedonian
MontevideoMalagasy
MontevideoMalay
മൊണ്ടേവീഡിയോMalayalam
MontevideoMaltese
MangaataMaori
मोन्तेविदेओMarathi
مونته ویدئوMazanderani
MontevideoMin Dong Chinese
MontevideoMin Nan Chinese
MontevideoMinangkabau
მონტევიდეოMingrelian
МонтэвидэаMoksha
МонтэвидэоMoksha
МонтевидеоMongolian
مونطيڤيديوMoroccan Arabic
MontevideoNeapolitan
मोन्तेभिदियोNewari
MontevideoNorthern Frisian
مونته ویدئوNorthern Luri
MontevideoNorthern Sami
MontevideoNorwegian
MontevideoNorwegian Bokmål
MontevideoNorwegian Nynorsk
MontevideoNovial
MontevideoOccitan (post 1500)
MuntǣfidētūnOld English (ca. 450-1100)
MuntsihtburgOld English (ca. 450-1100)
MuntsihtburhOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ମଣ୍ଟିଭିଡ଼ିଓOriya
МонтевидеоOssetian
MontevideoPangasinan
ਮੋਂਤੇਵੀਦਿਓPanjabi
MontevideoPapiamento
MontevidéuPapiamento
MontevideoPennsylvania German
مونته‌ویدئPersian
مونته‌ویدئوPersian
MontevideoPicard
MontevideoPiemontese
MontevideoPolish
مونټي ویډوPushto
MontevideoQuechua
MontevideoRomanian
MontevideoRomansh
MontevideoRundi
МонтевидеоRussian
Сан-Фелипе-и-Сантьяго-де-МонтевидеоRussian
Сьюдад-де-Сан-Фелипе-и-Сантьяго-де-МонтевидеоRussian
МонтевидеоRusyn
MontevidėjasSamogitian
MontevidiejosSamogitian
MontevideoSardinian
MontevideoScots
MontevideoScottish Gaelic
МонтевидеоSerbian
MontevideoSerbo-Croatian
မွၼ်တီဝိတ်ႉတေးဢူဝ်ႇShan
MontevideoShona
MuntividèuSicilian
MontevideoSilesian
مونٽي ويڊيوSindhi
මොන්ටෙවීඩියෝSinhala
MontevideoSkolt Sami
MontevideoSlovak
MontevideoSlovenian
مونته‌ویدئوSouth Azerbaijani
МонтевидеоSouthern Altai
Muy Fiel y Reconquistadora Ciudad de San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo (historical)Spanish
MontevideoSwahili
MontevideoSwedish
MontevideoSwiss German
MontevideoTagalog
MontevideoTahitian
МонтевидеоTajik
MontevideoTalysh
மொண்டேவீடியோTamil
மோன்டவிதேயோTamil
МонтевидеоTatar
మోంటేవీడియోTelugu
MontevideuTetum
มอนเตวิเดโอThai
མཱོན་ཊི་ཝི་ཌོ།Tibetan
MontevideoTurkish
MontowideoTurkmen
МонтевидеоUdmurt
مونتېۋىدېئوUighur
МонтевідеоUkrainian
MontevideoUpper Sorbian
مونتیبیدیوUrdu
مونٹیویڈیوUrdu
MontevideoUzbek
MontevideoVenetian
MontevideoVeps
MontevideoVietnamese
MontevideoVlax Romani
MontevideoVolapük
MontevideoWaray (Philippines)
MontevideoWelsh
ՄոնթեվիտեոWestern Armenian
ՄոնթէվիտէօWestern Armenian
MontevideoWestern Frisian
مونٹیویڈیوWestern Panjabi
MontevideoWolof
蒙得维的亚Wu Chinese
מאנטעווידעאYiddish
MontevideoYoruba
蒙特維多Yue Chinese
MontevideoZeeuws
MontevideoZhuang
i-MontevideoZulu
ma tomo Montepitejo

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barrio Sur and Aguada.
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Rio de la Plata: Highlights

Learn more about Colonia and Mercedes.