Uruguay Government type:
Constitutional republic.
Capital: Montevideo
Uruguay Administrative divisions:
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres.
Ethnic groups in Uruguay:
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%.
Climate in Uruguay:
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown.
Uruguay Terrain:
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland