The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uruguay:
Uruguay – sovereign country located in southeastern South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a military stronghold. Uruguay won its independence in 1825-1828 following a three-way struggle between Spain, Argentina and Brazil. It is a constitutional democracy, where the president fulfills the roles of both head of state and head of government. The economy is largely based on agriculture (making up 10% of GDP and the most substantial export) and the state sector, Uruguay's economy is on the whole more stable than in its surrounding states, and it maintains a solid reputation with investors.
General reference
Pronunciation: (; ) Common English country name: Uruguay Official English country name: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay Common endonym(s): Uruguay Official endonym(s): República Oriental del Uruguay Adjectival(s): Uruguayan Demonym(s): Oriental, Uruguayan Etymology: Name of Uruguay International rankings of Uruguay ISO country codes: UY, URY, 858 ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:UY Internet country code top-level domain: .uy
Geography of Uruguay
Uruguay is: a country Location: Southern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Latin America South America Southern Cone Time zone: UTC-03 Extreme points of Uruguay High: Cerro Catedral Low: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m Land boundaries: 1,648 km 1,068 km 580 km Coastline: South Atlantic Ocean 660 km Population of Uruguay: 3,340,000 - 132nd most populous country Area of Uruguay: 176,215 km2 Atlas of Uruguay
Environment of Uruguay
Climate of Uruguay Renewable energy in Uruguay Geology of Uruguay Protected areas of Uruguay National parks of Uruguay Wildlife of Uruguay Fauna of Uruguay Birds of Uruguay Mammals of Uruguay
Natural geographic features of Uruguay
Fjords of Uruguay: none Glaciers of Uruguay: none Islands of Uruguay Lakes of Uruguay Mountains of Uruguay Volcanoes in Uruguay: none Rivers of Uruguay Valleys of Uruguay World Heritage Sites in Uruguay: Colonia del Sacramento
Administrative divisions of Uruguay
Flag orCOADepartmentISO 3166-2codeCapital Artigas UY-AR Artigas Canelones UY-CA Canelones Cerro Largo UY-CL Melo Colonia UY-CO Colonia del Sacramento Durazno UY-DU Durazno Flores UY-FS Trinidad Florida UY-FD Florida Lavalleja UY-LA Minas Maldonado UY-MA Maldonado Montevideo UY-MO Montevideo Paysandú UY-PA Paysandú Río Negro UY-RN Fray Bentos Rivera UY-RV Rivera Rocha UY-RO Rocha Salto UY-SA Salto San José UY-SJ San José de Mayo Soriano UY-SO Mercedes Tacuarembó UY-TA Tacuarembó Treinta y Tres UY-TT Treinta y Tres
Departments of Uruguay Municipalities of Uruguay
Ecoregions of Uruguay
List of ecoregions in Uruguay
Demography of Uruguay
Government and politics of Uruguay
Politics of Uruguay Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic Capital of Uruguay: Montevideo Elections in Uruguay Political parties in Uruguay
Branches of the government of Uruguay
Government of Uruguay
Executive branch of the government of Uruguay Head of state and Head of government: President of Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi Cabinet of Uruguay: consisting of the President of the Republic and the Ministries Ministry of Economy and Finance Ministry of Education and Culture Ministry of Environment Ministry of Foreign Relations Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Ministry of National Defense Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Social Development Ministry of Transport and Public Works Ministry of Tourism
Legislative branch of the government of Uruguay
Parliament of Uruguay (bicameral) Upper house: Senate of Uruguay Lower house: Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay Other dependencies of the Parliament of Uruguay: National Institute for Human Rights and Ombudsman Parliament Commissioner for the Penitentiary System
Judicial branch of the government of Uruguay Court system of Uruguay: Supreme Court of Uruguay: highest tier of courts under the Judicial branch. Courts of Appeals: second highest tier of courts under the Judicial branch. It includes Civil, Criminal, Family, and Labour courts. District Courts (or Lawyer Courts): in Montevideo these are Bankruptcy, Civil, Contentious Administrative, Criminal, Criminal (Organized Crime), Criminal (Penitentiary Surveillance), Customs, Family, Family (Specialized), Juvenile, and Labour courts. In the interior of the country these are organized according their territorial jurisdiction (with at least two of them in each territorial jurisdiction), being assigned several subject matters to each of them. Peace Courts: courts of Montevideo, courts of the Interior's Departments' capitals, courts of cities and villages, rural courts. Other courts: Misdemeanor Courts, Conciliation Courts, Mediation Centers.
Foreign relations of Uruguay
Foreign relations of Uruguay Diplomatic missions in Uruguay Diplomatic missions of Uruguay
International organization membership The Eastern Republic of Uruguay is a member of:
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) Andean Community of Nations (CAN) (associate) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Latin American Economic System (LAES) Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (observer) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Rio Group (RG) Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) Unión Latina Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)
Law and order in Uruguay Law of Uruguay: Constitution of Uruguay Laws of Uruguay: Civil Code Penal Code
Human rights in Uruguay: LGBT rights in Uruguay Freedom of religion in Uruguay Women in Uruguay Disability in Uruguay
Legal enforcement of Uruguay: National Police of Uruguay
Legal issues: Abortion in Uruguay Human trafficking in Uruguay Cannabis in Uruguay Euthanasia in Uruguay Same-sex marriage in Uruguay
Military of Uruguay
Military of Uruguay Command Commander-in-chief: President of Uruguay Ministry of National Defense (Uruguay) Defence Staff (Uruguay) Forces Army of Uruguay Navy of Uruguay Air Force of Uruguay
Local government in Uruguay: since 2009 there is a new system of second level administrative divisions called "municipalities" in each department.
History of Uruguay
History of Uruguay, by period or event Indigenous peoples of Uruguay Charrúa people Guarani people Spanish colonization of the Americas Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776–1814) Banda Oriental British invasions of the Río de la Plata (1806–1807) Liga Federal (1815–1820) Cisplatina (1821–1828) Thirty-Three Orientals Treaty of Montevideo (1828) Uruguayan Civil War (1839–1851) Uruguayan War (1864–1865) Paraguayan War 1864–1870 Revolution of the Lances (1870–1872) Battle of Masoller (1904) Batllism Tupamaros Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–1985) Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State (1986)
History of Uruguay, by region
History of Uruguay, by subject Political history of Uruguay The history of Uruguay according to the political period (interim and other administrations in italics): Indigenous period: no political organization known. Colonial period and fight for independence. Nation building and prelude to civil war (1828–1839). Provisional governments of Suárez - Rondeau - Lavalleja. Presidencies of Pérez - Rivera - Anaya - Oribe - Pereira. Civil War (1839–1852). Presidency of Rivera (2nd). Simultaneous governments of Defensa (Suárez) and Cerrito (Oribe). End of civil war and politics of "fusion" (1852–1875). Presidencies of Berro - Giró. Triumvirate of Flores, Rivera and Lavalleja. Presidencies of Flores - Lamas (Montevideo only) - Bustamante - Pla - Pereira - Berro - Cruz Aguirre - Villalba. Dictatorship of Flores. Presidencies of Varela - Batlle y Grau - Gomensoro - Ellauri. Militarism and modernization (1875–1919). Presidency of Varela. Dictatorship of Latorre and his subsequent presidency. Presidencies of Vidal - Santos - Vidal (2nd) - Santos - Tajes - Herrera y Obes - Stewart - Idiarte Borda - Cuestas. Dictatorship of Cuestas. Presidencies of Batlle y Ordóñez - Cuestas - Batlle y Ordóñez - Williman - Batlle y Ordóñez (2nd) - Viera. Batlle reforms and modern Uruguay (1919–1933). Presidencies of Brum - Serrato - Campistegui - Terra. Authoritarian rule and end of collective head of government (1933–1943). Dictatorship of Terra. Presidency and brief dictatorship of Baldomir. Post WWII and period of prosperity (1943–1955). Presidencies of Amézaga - Berreta - Batlle Berres - Martínez Trueba. 1st National Council of Government. Economic decline, social conflicts and guerrilla (1955–1973). 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Council of Government. Presidencies of Gestido - Pacheco Areco - Bordaberry. Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–1985). Rule by the Armed Forces and their allies. Regime of Bordaberry - Demicheli - Méndez - Álvarez. Return to democracy and present times (1985–present). Presidencies of Addiego - Sanguinetti - Lacalle - Sanguinetti (2nd) - Batlle - Vázquez - Mujica - Vázquez (2nd) - Lacalle Pou.
Culture of Uruguay
Cuisine of Uruguay Languages of Uruguay National symbols of Uruguay Coat of arms of Uruguay Flag of Uruguay National anthem of Uruguay Orders, decorations, and medals of Uruguay: the decorations granted by the Uruguayan authorities to distinguish persons or organizations due to meritory services or achievements. Civilian decorations: