Uruguay

International phone code for Uruguay: +598

Standard EAN-13 (country barcode): 773

Olympic country code: URU

FIFA code: URU

Land area: 67,035 sq mi (173,621 sq km); total area: 68,039 sq mi (176,220 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 3,332,972 (growth rate: 0.26%); birth rate: 13.18/1000; infant mortality rate: 8.97/1000; life expectancy: 76.81; density per sq mi: 48.86

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Montevideo, 1,947,604 (metro. area), 1,305,082 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Uruguay peso

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

National name: Repblica Oriental del Uruguay

Current government officials

Languages: Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero

Ethnicity/race: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%

Religions: Roman Catholic 47.1%, Protestant 11.1%, Jewish 0.3%

Literacy rate: 98.1% (2010 est.)

Background:

A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By the end of the year the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
(Source: CIA - The World Factbook)