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Country
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Uruguay |
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Leader
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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President: Jose Mujica
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Population
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183,176
| 3,316,328
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Life Expectancy
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63.490 years
| 76.410 years
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Capital City
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| Montevideo
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Largest city
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| Sao Tome (population: 53,300) | Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) |
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Human Development Index
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0.643
| 0.859
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| GDP per capita |
| $15,300 US
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Literacy Rate
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84.9%
| 98%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.7
| 6.9
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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1.8%
| 12.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 6.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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| 25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
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| Religions |
Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
| Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
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| Languages |
Portuguese (official)
| Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
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| Exports |
| meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
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| External Debt |
| $15,400,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 1.600%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
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| Area |
964 km sq
| 176,215 km sq
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| Coastline |
209 km
| 660 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
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