Official name: Uruguay Oriental Republic
Capital city: Montevideo
Size: 176,215km²
Neighboring countries: Brazil and Argentina
Coastline: 660km
Population: 3,356,584
Population of Montevideo: 1,325,968
Government type: United Democratic State
President: José Alberto Mujica Cordano
Religion: Catholics 56.2% - Non religious 38.3% - Protestants - 2% Jews 1.7%
Time zone: GMT -3 hora
Latitude/Longitude: 34 00 S 56 00 W
Climate: mostly temperate; ocasional heavy rains
Official language: Spanish
Currency: Uruguayan peso, signified by the same symbol ($) as the US dollar, to distinguish between the two currencies, U$ is used to signify US dollar
National holidays: January 1, February 19 and 20, April 5 and 6, April 19, May 1, May 18, June 19, July 18, August 25, October 12, December 25