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Uruguay Cinthya Casillas Cruz Mat.469690
URUGUAY
Nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy
URUGUAY FACT SHEET
Area: 176,215 sq km Population: 3,494,382 (July 2009 est.) Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay Capital City: Montevideo People: Uruguayan Official Language: Spanish Languages Spoken: Spanish, Portunol, or
Brazilero Government: Constitutional republic Religion: Roman Catholic 47.1%, nonCatholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
URUGUAY FACT SHEET Independence:
25 August 1825 (from Brazil) National Holidays: Independence Day, 25 August (1825 Official Currency: Uruguayan peso Land Area: 175,015 sq km Latitude/Longitude: 33 00 S, 56 00 W Highest Point: Cerro Catedral 514 m Bordering Body of Water: Río de la Plata and South Atlantic Ocean
Coat of Arms It consists of an oval, which is divided into four equal sections and crowned by a rising golden sun, the "Sun of May", symbolizing the rising of the Uruguayan nation. The oval is surrounded by two a laurel branch on the left and a olive one on the right, representing honour and peace, joined at the bottom by a blue ribbon.
CEIBOS
RUFOUS HORNERO
URUGUAY
Nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy
URUGUAY FACT SHEET
Area: 176,215 sq km Population: 3,494,382 (July 2009 est.) Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay Capital City: Montevideo People: Uruguayan Official Language: Spanish Languages Spoken: Spanish, Portunol, or
Brazilero Government: Constitutional republic Religion: Roman Catholic 47.1%, nonCatholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
URUGUAY FACT SHEET Independence:
25 August 1825 (from Brazil) National Holidays: Independence Day, 25 August (1825 Official Currency: Uruguayan peso Land Area: 175,015 sq km Latitude/Longitude: 33 00 S, 56 00 W Highest Point: Cerro Catedral 514 m Bordering Body of Water: Río de la Plata and South Atlantic Ocean
Coat of Arms It consists of an oval, which is divided into four equal sections and crowned by a rising golden sun, the "Sun of May", symbolizing the rising of the Uruguayan nation. The oval is surrounded by two a laurel branch on the left and a olive one on the right, representing honour and peace, joined at the bottom by a blue ribbon.
CEIBOS
RUFOUS HORNERO
