URUGUAY
(Oriental Republic of Uruguay)

Capital: Montevideo

Flag: the flag approved in 1830 has four blue horizontal strips on a white background; on the white canton - the gold sun, alternately direct and wavy. It "the sun of May" symbolizes independence of Uruguay.

Anthem: Himno Nacional which begins "Orientales, la patria o la tumba" ("East [Uruguayans], our country or death").

MONETARY BLOCK: The Uruguayan peso (up), from 100 cents replaced new peso in 1993 at the rate 1 = 1 000 new peso. There are coins from 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1, 2, 5 and 10 new peso and also banknotes of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Uruguayan pesos. up1 = $0,04023 ($1 = vverkh24.86) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: the metric system is the legal standard, but also some traditional measures are used.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Epiphany, on January 6; Landing 33, on April 19; Labor Day, on May 1; Fight at Las-Pyedras, on May 18; Artigas Birthday, on June 19; Constitution day, on July 18; Independence Day, on August 25; Day of Columbus, on October 12; All Souls' Day, on November 2; Blessing of Waters, on December 8; Christmas, on December 25.

TIME: The 9th mornings - midday.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The second-large South American country, Uruguay is located in a southeast part of the continent. It has the area of 176 220 sq.km (68 039 quarter. Miles), 555 km long (345 miles) nnw-sse and 504 km (313 miles) of ene-wsw. Rather, the area occupied with Uruguay is a little less, than the State of Washington. Limited on n and ne to Brazil, in the north and the Atlantic Ocean, and on Argentina, Uruguay has the total length of overland border of 1564 km (972 miles) and the coastline of 660 km (410 miles), the River Uruguay and Rio de la Plata separate Uruguay from Argentina. The rivers of Cuareim and Yaguaron and Laguna Merin separate it from Brazil.
The Uruguayan capital of Montevideo is located in the southern part of the country on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

TOPOGRAPHY

The general character of the earth - hilly hills, with several forests along coast of numerous streams. The southern Uruguay consists generally of stone plains and is continuation of the Argentina pampiya on the East. The Atlantic coastline is surrounded with ebb-tide lakes and sandy dunes. Low, continuous sites of the land line of level of coast of two boundary rivers, Uruguay and Payment. The northern site is broken by casual ridges and low ridges (cuchillas) alternating with wide valleys and is the southern continuation of Brazil. The highest point in the country, Katedral, makes 514 m (1,686 feet) above sea level. The most remarkable feature of a northwest landscape is Kuchilla-de-Hayedo. Cuchilla Grande works for the northeast of the southern region to the Brazilian border. Negrityanin who rises in Brazil crosses the Uruguayan territory and falls into the river Uruguay which separates Uruguay from Argentina.