Information about Uruguay http://www.alluruguay.com Uruguay. Information. Politic. Goverment. Tourism Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Uruguay information Uruguay http://www.alluruguay.com/archives/1 http://www.alluruguay.com/archives/1#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:47:01 +0000 admin in All Uruguay your will found information on the land, its people, history, tourism and government.

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 in Uruguay: 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

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