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URUGUAY MA. DE LOS ÁNGELES LANDIN HERNÁNDEZ 889113
URUGUAY Area:
176,215 sq km, Land: 175,015 sq km, Water: 1,200 sq km Population: 3,494,382 (July 2009 est) Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay Capital City: Montevideo People: Uruguayans Official Language: Spanish Languages Spoken: Riverense Portunol and Rioplatense Spanish
GOVERNMENT: CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
RELIGION: 47% ROMAN CATHOLIC, 11.1% NON-CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS, NONDENOMINATIONAL 23.2%, JEWISH 0.3%, ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC 17.2%
INDEPENDENCE: 25 AUGUST 1825 (FROM BRAZIL)
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: INDEPENDENCE DAY (25 AUGUST)
OFFICIAL CURRENCY: URUGUAYAN PESO
LAND AREA: 175,015 SQ KM
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE: 33 00 S, 56 00 W
HIGHEST POINT: CERRO CATEDRAL 514M
BORDERING BODY OF WATER : SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
NATIONAL FLAG: THE FLAG OF URUGUAY CONSISTS OF NINE ALTERNATING STRIPES OF EQUAL WIDTH. THERE ARE FIVE WHITE STRIPES AND FOUR BLUE ONES. THE TOP AND BOTTOM STRIPES ARE WHITE. IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE FLAG THERE IS A WHITE SQUARE WITH A YELLOW/GOLD SUN IN ITS CENTER THAT HAS 16 ALTERNATING STRAIGHT AND CURVY WAVES.
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
NASHIONAL
FLOWER: CEIBO´S FLOWER
NATIONAL
BIRD: RUFOUS
NATIONAL
SPORT: SOCCER
NATIONAL
TREE: CEIBO
URUGUAY Area:
176,215 sq km, Land: 175,015 sq km, Water: 1,200 sq km Population: 3,494,382 (July 2009 est) Official Name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay Capital City: Montevideo People: Uruguayans Official Language: Spanish Languages Spoken: Riverense Portunol and Rioplatense Spanish
GOVERNMENT: CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
RELIGION: 47% ROMAN CATHOLIC, 11.1% NON-CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS, NONDENOMINATIONAL 23.2%, JEWISH 0.3%, ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC 17.2%
INDEPENDENCE: 25 AUGUST 1825 (FROM BRAZIL)
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS: INDEPENDENCE DAY (25 AUGUST)
OFFICIAL CURRENCY: URUGUAYAN PESO
LAND AREA: 175,015 SQ KM
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE: 33 00 S, 56 00 W
HIGHEST POINT: CERRO CATEDRAL 514M
BORDERING BODY OF WATER : SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
NATIONAL FLAG: THE FLAG OF URUGUAY CONSISTS OF NINE ALTERNATING STRIPES OF EQUAL WIDTH. THERE ARE FIVE WHITE STRIPES AND FOUR BLUE ONES. THE TOP AND BOTTOM STRIPES ARE WHITE. IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE FLAG THERE IS A WHITE SQUARE WITH A YELLOW/GOLD SUN IN ITS CENTER THAT HAS 16 ALTERNATING STRAIGHT AND CURVY WAVES.
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
NASHIONAL
FLOWER: CEIBO´S FLOWER
NATIONAL
BIRD: RUFOUS
NATIONAL
SPORT: SOCCER
NATIONAL
TREE: CEIBO
