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Country
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Uruguay |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
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Population
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3,316,328
| 103,537
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Life Expectancy
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76.410 years
| 74.390 years
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Capital City
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Montevideo
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Kingstown (population: 24,518) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.766
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| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
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Literacy Rate
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98%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.9
| 6.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 18.2%
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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
| Legal
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| English, French patois
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
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| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
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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 |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 389 km sq
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| Coastline |
660 km
| 84 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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