South America

Uruguay

Uruguay is the second-smallest country in , wedged between two of the world's largest countries ― and . Known for its colonial-era historic districts in and , amazing beaches on the , its socially…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Montevideo and Salto.

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is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby , is the cultural and political center of the country.

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is in the citrus growing region of the of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio Uruguay. It is closely connected to the neighbouring city of that lies across the river on the western bank.

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del Sacramento is in southwestern Uruguay, across from on the northern shore of the . Founded in 1680 as a Portuguese colony, 's historic district is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, full of cobblestone streets lined with historic buildings.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Rio de la Plata and Central Interior.

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The part of Uruguay on the is much visited for its well-preserved historic sites, pretty colonial towns, and a fair share of beaches and farmland. It includes the departments of Montevideo, Canelones, Colonia, Rio Negro, San Jose and Soriano.

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The of Uruguay includes the departments of Cerro Largo, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja and Treinta y Tres. The has rolling hills, cow country, lakes, history, a border with Brazil, and more—including lovely, quiet spots for a visit.

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The of Uruguay is a land of ranchers, cattle, and horses. Between the streams, hills, and hot springs of the sparsely populated departments of Artigas, Paysandú, Rivera, Salto, and Tacuarembó, life can feel a world away from .

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The of Uruguay consists of two departments, Maldonado and Rocha, both full of beaches.

Uruguay

Latitude of center
-33° or 33° south
Longitude of center
-56° or 56° west
Population
3,290,000
Area
176,220 km² (68,039 miles²)
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Capital
Currency
Peso (UYU)
Phone code
.uy
Internet domain
598
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432425116
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3439705
Wiki­data ID
Q77
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Uruguay” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Uruguay”
  • Afrikaans: “Uruguay”
  • Akan: “Yurugwae”
  • Albanian: “Uruguai”
  • Albanian: “Uruguaji”
  • Amharic: “ኡሩጓይ”
  • Amharic: “ኡራጓይ”
  • Amis: “Uruguay”
  • Angika: “उरुग्वे”
  • Arabic: “أورجواي”
  • Arabic: “أوروغواي”
  • Arabic: “اروغواي”
  • Arabic: “الأوروغواي”
  • Arabic: “الجمهورية الشرقية للأوروغواي”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية الأوروغواي الشرقية”
  • Aragonese: “Uruguai”
  • Armenian: “Ուրուգվայ”
  • Arpitan: “Urugoay”
  • Arpitan: “Urugoayi”
  • Assamese: “উৰুগুৱে”
  • Asturian: “Uruguái”
  • Asturian: “Uruguay”
  • Atayal: “Uruguay”
  • Awadhi: “उरुग्वे”
  • Aymara: “Uruwayi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uruqvay”
  • Balinese: “Uruguay”
  • Bambara: “Urugwayi”
  • Bashkir: “Уругвай”
  • Basque: “Uruguai”
  • Bavarian: “Uruguay”
  • Belarusian: “Уругвай”
  • Bengali: “উরুগুয়ে”
  • Bengali: “উরুগোয়ে”
  • Bengali: “ওরিয়েন্টাল রিপাবলিক অফ উরুগুয়ে”
  • Betawi: “Urugué”
  • Bhojpuri: “उरुग्वे गणराज्य”
  • Bhojpuri: “उरुग्वे रिपब्लिक”
  • Bhojpuri: “उरुग्वे”
  • Bishnupriya: “উরুগুয়ে”
  • Bislama: “Ripablik blong Iskos blong Reva blong Urugwae”
  • Bislama: “Ripablik blong Iskos blong Reva blong Yurugwae”
  • Bislama: “Uruguay”
  • Bislama: “Urugwae”
  • Bislama: “Yurugwae”
  • Bosnian: “Urugvaj”
  • Breton: “Uruguay”
  • Bulgarian: “Република Уругвай”
  • Bulgarian: “Уругвай”
  • Burmese: “ဥရုဂွေး”
  • Burmese: “ဥရုဂွေးနိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Uruguai”
  • Cebuano: “Uruguay”
  • Central Bikol: “Uruguay”
  • Central Kanuri: “Uruguay”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئوروگوای”
  • Chavacano: “Uruguay”
  • Chechen: “Уругвай”
  • Cheyenne: “Uruguay”
  • Chinese: “Uruguay”
  • Chinese: “乌拉圭 / 烏拉圭”
  • Chinese: “乌拉圭”
  • Chinese: “乌拉圭东岸共和国”
  • Chinese: “烏拉圭”
  • Chinese: “烏拉圭東岸共和國”
  • Church Slavic: “Оуроугваи”
  • Chuvash: “Уругвай”
  • Cornish: “Urugway”
  • Corsican: “Uruguai”
  • Corsican: “Uruguay”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Urugvay”
  • Croatian: “Urugvaj”
  • Czech: “Uruguay”
  • Dagbani: “Uruguay”
  • Danish: “Uruguay”
  • Dhivehi: “އުރުގުއޭ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Uruguay”
  • Dotyali: “उरुग्वे”
  • Dutch: “Republiek ten oosten van de Uruguay”
  • Dutch: “Uruguay”
  • Dzongkha: “ཡུ་རུ་གུ་ཝའི”
  • Eastern Mari: “Уругвай”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوروجواى”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Respubliko Urugvajo”
  • Esperanto: “Urugvajo”
  • Estonian: “Uruguay Idavabariik”
  • Estonian: “Uruguay”
  • Ewe: “Uruguay”
  • Ewe: “uruguaydukɔ”
  • Extremaduran: “Uruguai”
  • Faroese: “Uruguai”
  • Faroese: “Uruguei”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Uruguay”
  • Fijian: “Uruguay”
  • Finnish: “Uruguay”
  • Finnish: “Uruguayn itäinen tasavalta”
  • French: “la République orientale de l’Uruguay”
  • French: “Uruguay”
  • Friulian: “Uruguay”
  • Fulah: “Uruguwaay”
  • Gagauz: “Urugvay”
  • Galician: “O Uruguai”
  • Galician: “Uruguai”
  • Ganda: “Uruguay”
  • Ganda: “Wurugwayi”
  • Georgian: “ურუგვაი”
  • German: “República Oriental del Uruguay”
  • German: “Republik Östlich des Uruguay”
  • German: “Uruguay”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Uruguay”
  • Gilaki: “اۊرۊگۊئه”
  • Goan Konkani: “Uruguay”
  • Goan Konkani: “उरुग्वे”
  • Gothic: “𐌿𐍂𐌿𐌰𐌷𐍅𐌰”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Δημοκρατία της Ουρουγουάης”
  • Greek: “Ουρουγουάη”
  • Guarani: “Uruguái”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Lourougwé”
  • Gujarati: “ઉરુગ્વે”
  • Haitian: “Irigwe”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Uruguay”
  • Hausa: “Uruguay”
  • Hausa: “Yurigwai”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻUlukuai”
  • Hebrew: “אורגוואי”
  • Hebrew: “אורוגואי”
  • Hebrew: “אורוגוואי”
  • Hindi: “उरुग्वे”
  • Hindi: “उरूग्वे”
  • Hindi: “ओरिएंटल रिपब्लिक ऑफ उरुग्वे”
  • Hindi: “युरूगुए”
  • Hungarian: “Uruguay”
  • Icelandic: “Úrúgvæ”
  • Ido: “Uruguay”
  • Igbo: “Uruguay”
  • Iloko: “Uruguay”
  • Inari Sami: “Uruguay täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Uruguay”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Oriental Uruguay”
  • Indonesian: “Uruguay”
  • Interlingua: “Uruguay”
  • Interlingue: “Uruguay”
  • Irish: “Uragua”
  • Irish: “Urugua”
  • Italian: “Uruguay”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Yurugwai”
  • Japanese: “ウルグァイ”
  • Japanese: “ウルグアイ”
  • Japanese: “ウルグアイ共和国”
  • Japanese: “ウルグアイ東方共和国”
  • Javanese: “Uruguay”
  • Kabiyè: “Uruguwe”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Uruguai”
  • Kabyle: “Urugway”
  • Kalaallisut: “Uruguay”
  • Kalmyk: “Уругаймудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಉರುಗ್ವೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಉರುಗ್ವೇ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “URU”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Urugvay Shıǵıs Respublikası”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Urugvay”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Уругвай Шығыс Республикасы”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Уругвай”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Уругвай”
  • Kashmiri: “یوٗروگے”
  • Kazakh: “Уругвай”
  • Khmer: “អ៊ុយរូហ្គាយ”
  • Kikuyu: “Urugwai”
  • Kinaray-A: “Orogway”
  • Kinaray-A: “Urugway”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Irigwe”
  • Kirghiz: “Уругвай”
  • Kongo: “Urugway”
  • Korean: “우루과이”
  • Kotava: “Uruguaya”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrûguay”
  • Kurdish: “ئوروگوای”
  • Ladin: “Uruguay”
  • Ladino: “Uruguay”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອຸຣຸກວັຍ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອູຣູກວາຍ”
  • Lao: “ອູຣຸກວຍ”
  • Latgalian: “Urugvajs”
  • Latin: “Uraquaria”
  • Latvian: “Urugvaja”
  • Lezghian: “Уругвай”
  • Ligurian: “Uruguay”
  • Limburgan: “Uruguay”
  • Lingala: “Irigwei”
  • Lingala: “Ulugwai”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Uruguai”
  • Literary Chinese: “烏拉圭”
  • Lithuanian: “Urugvajus”
  • Livvi: “Urugvai”
  • Lojban: “uruguais”
  • Lombard: “Uruguay”
  • Low German: “Orientaalske Republik Uruguay”
  • Low German: “Uruguay”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Uruguay”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Irigwei”
  • Luxembourgish: “Uruguay”
  • Macedonian: “Уругвај”
  • Madurese: “Uruguay”
  • Maithili: “उरुग्वे”
  • Malagasy: “Orogoay”
  • Malagasy: “Uruguay”
  • Malay: “Uruguay”
  • Malayalam: “ഉറുഗ്വേ”
  • Maltese: “l-Urugwaj”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika Orjentali tal-Urugwaj”
  • Maltese: “Urugwaj”
  • Manipuri: “ꯎꯔꯨꯒ꯭ꯋꯦ”
  • Manx: “yn Ooraguay”
  • Manx: “Yn Ooraguay”
  • Maori: “Urukoi”
  • Maori: “Urukuai”
  • Marathi: “उरुग्वे”
  • Mazanderani: “اروگوئه”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Uruguay”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Uruguay”
  • Minangkabau: “Uruguay”
  • Mingrelian: “ურუგვაი”
  • Mirandese: “Ouruguai”
  • Moksha: “Уругвай”
  • Mongolian: “Уругвай”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤروڭواي”
  • Neapolitan: “Uruguay”
  • Nepali: “उरुग्वे”
  • Nepali: “उरूग्वे”
  • Newari: “उरुग्वे”
  • North Ndebele: “Yurugwai”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uruguay”
  • Northern Luri: “اوروگوئه”
  • Northern Sami: “Uruguay dásseváldi”
  • Northern Sami: “Uruguay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken øst for Uruguay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uruguay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uruguay”
  • Norwegian: “Uruguay”
  • Novial: “Uruguay”
  • Obolo: “Yurugwai”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Uruguai”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Urucland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Urucwaria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Uruquaria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Yrucland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Yrucwaria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Yryucwaria”
  • Oriya: “ଉରୁଗୁଏ”
  • Oromo: “Uraaguwaay”
  • Ossetian: “Уругвай”
  • Pali: “उरुग्वाय”
  • Pampanga: “Uruguay”
  • Pangasinan: “Uruguay”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਰੂਗਵੇ”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਰੂਗੁਏ”
  • Papiamento: “Uruguay”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Uruguay”
  • Persian: “اروگوئه”
  • Persian: “اروگوای”
  • Persian: “اوروگوئه”
  • Picard: “Uruguay”
  • Piemontese: “Uruguay”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Uruguay”
  • Polish: “Urugwaj”
  • Portuguese: “República Oriental do Uruguai”
  • Portuguese: “Uruguai”
  • Pushto: “يوراګوای”
  • Pushto: “یوروګوی”
  • Quechua: “Uruguay”
  • Quechua: “Uruway”
  • Quechua: “Uruwayi”
  • Romanian: “Uruguay”
  • Romansh: “Uruguay”
  • Rundi: “Irigwe”
  • Rundi: “Uruguay”
  • Russia Buriat: “Уругвай”
  • Russian: “Восточная Республика Уругвай”
  • Russian: “Уругвай”
  • Rusyn: “Уругвай”
  • Sakizaya: “Uruguay”
  • Samoan: “Iurukuei”
  • Samogitian: “Urugvajos”
  • Sango: “Uruguëe”
  • Sanskrit: “उरुग्वाय”
  • Santali: “ᱩᱨᱩᱜᱩᱭᱮ”
  • Sardinian: “Uruguay”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Uruguay”
  • Scots: “Uruguay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uruguaidh”
  • Serbian: “Urugvaj”
  • Serbian: “Уругвај”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Urugvaj”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢုရုၵူၺ်း”
  • Shona: “Uruguay”
  • Sicilian: “Uruguai”
  • Sicilian: “Uruguay”
  • Silesian: “Urugwaj”
  • Sindhi: “يوراگوائي”
  • Sindhi: “يوروگوءِ”
  • Sinhala: “උරුගුවේ පෙරදිග ජනරජය”
  • Sinhala: “උරුගුවේ”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර උරුගුවේ ජනරජය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Uruguay nuõrtt tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Uruguay”
  • Slovak: “Uruguaj”
  • Slovak: “Uruguajská východná republika”
  • Slovenian: “República Oriental del Uruguay”
  • Slovenian: “URU”
  • Slovenian: “Urugvaj”
  • Slovenian: “uy”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna republika Urugvaj”
  • Somali: “Uruguay”
  • Somali: “Uruguwaay”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوروقوئه”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوروگوئه”
  • Spanish: “República Oriental de Uruguay”
  • Spanish: “República Oriental del Uruguay”
  • Spanish: “Uruguay”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵓⵔⵓⴳⵡⴰⵢ”
  • Sundanese: “Uruguay”
  • Swahili: “Uruguay”
  • Swahili: “Urugwai”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Uruguay”
  • Swedish: “Uruguay”
  • Swiss German: “Uruguay”
  • Sylheti: “ꠃꠞꠃ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠃꠞꠥꠉꠥꠄ”
  • Tagalog: “Uruguay”
  • Tajik: “Уругвай”
  • Tajik: “Уругуай”
  • Talysh: “Urugvaj”
  • Tamil: “உருகுவே”
  • Tamil: “உருகுவை”
  • Taroko: “Uruguay”
  • Tatar: “Уругвай”
  • Telugu: “ఉరుగ్వే”
  • Telugu: “ఉరూగ్వే”
  • Tetum: “Uruguai”
  • Thai: “ประเทศอุรุกวัย”
  • Thai: “อุรุกวัย”
  • Tibetan: “ཨུ་རུ་གྷེ།”
  • Tibetan: “ཨུ་རུ་གུ་ཡེ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ምብራቓዊት ሪፓብሊክ ኡራጓይ”
  • Tigrinya: “ኡሩጓይ”
  • Tigrinya: “ኡራጓይ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Yuruguwai”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻUlukuai”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Uruguay”
  • Tsonga: “Uruguay”
  • Tumbuka: “Uruguay”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “الأوروڨواي”
  • Turkish: “República Oriental del Uruguay”
  • Turkish: “Uruguay”
  • Turkish: “uy”
  • Turkmen: “Urugwaý”
  • Tyap: “Urugwai”
  • Udmurt: “Уругвай”
  • Uighur: “ئۇرۇگۋاي”
  • Ukrainian: “Уругвай”
  • Ukrainian: “Уруґвай”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Uruguay”
  • Urdu: “یوراگوئے”
  • Urdu: “یوروگوئے”
  • Uzbek: “Urugvay”
  • Venetian: “Uruguai”
  • Veps: “Päivnouzmaižen Urugvain Tazovaldkund”
  • Veps: “Urugvai”
  • Vietnamese: “U-ru-goay (Uruguay)”
  • Vietnamese: “U-ru-goay”
  • Vietnamese: “Uruguay”
  • Vlaams: “Uruguay”
  • Vlax Romani: “Uruguay”
  • Volapük: “Luruguyän”
  • Võro: “Uruguay”
  • Walloon: “Ourougway”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruguay”
  • Wayuu: “Uruwai”
  • Welsh: “Gweriniaeth Wrwgwái”
  • Welsh: “Uruguay”
  • Welsh: “Wrwgwai”
  • Welsh: “Wrwgwái”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուրուկուէյ”
  • Western Frisian: “Oerûguay”
  • Western Frisian: “Uruguay”
  • Western Frisian: “Urûguay”
  • Western Mari: “Уругвай”
  • Western Panjabi: “یوراگوئے”
  • Wolof: “Uruge”
  • Wolof: “Uruguwaay”
  • Wu Chinese: “乌拉圭”
  • Xhosa: “Uruguwayi”
  • Yakut: “Уругуай”
  • Yiddish: “אורוגוויי”
  • Yoruba: “Nruguayi”
  • Yoruba: “Urugúáì”
  • Yoruba: “Uruguay”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏拉圭”
  • Zeeuws: “Uruguay”
  • Zhuang: “Vuhlahgveih”
  • Zulu: “i-Uruguay”
  • “ma Ulukawi”
  • “ma Uluwa”
  • “Uruguay”
  • “Urugvajos”
  • “URY”
  • “UY”
  • “उरुग्वे”

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