Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
176,215 km sq
27,830 km sq
Coastline
660 km
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Climate
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)