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