Uruguay

Uruguay (/ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/ (About this soundlisten);[8] Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] (About this soundlisten); Portuguese: Uruguai), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,[a] is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi) and has a population of an estimated 3.51 million, of whom 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 ye...View all