[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1462″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”medium” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1512″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Our country<\/p>\n
Rep\u00fablica Oriental del Uruguay, takes its name from its location, east or “oriental side” of the Rio Uruguay (Uruguay River).<\/p>\n
This geographic and other historical factors gave the country its name and as a result, Uruguayans are still called “Orientals”, though it is obvious that Uruguay belongs to the occidental hemisphere. The name Uruguay comes from the idiom “Guarani” and means “birds river”.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text scheme=”dark” css=”.vc_custom_1542581007346{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]Name of the country: Oriental Republic of Uruguay<\/span> [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text scheme=”dark” css=”.vc_custom_1542581019217{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]Population: 3.241.003 (2005)<\/span> [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text scheme=”dark” css=”.vc_custom_1542581032128{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”]GDP (2004): 13.216 millions of dollars (US Dollar)<\/span> [vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] About Uruguay [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1462″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”medium” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1512″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Our country Rep\u00fablica Oriental del Uruguay, takes its name from its location, east or “oriental side” of the Rio Uruguay (Uruguay River). This geographic and other historical factors gave the country its name and as a result, Uruguayans are still called…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516,"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1019\/revisions\/1516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uruvan.com.uy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCommon name: Uruguay<\/span>
\nPresident: Dr Tabare Vazquez<\/span>
\nCountry code: UY<\/span>
\nCapital: Montevideo<\/span>
\nPolitical division: 19 departments<\/span>
\nType of government: Republican-Democratic<\/span>
\nPresidential system Electoral system: Universal and compulsory for over 18<\/span>
\nNational holidays: January 1st, May 1st, July 18th, August 25th, December 25th<\/span>
\nReligion: There is no official religion (56% Catholics, 38% non religious, 2% Protestants, 2% Jews)<\/span>
\nLanguage: Spanish<\/span>
\nLanguages widely spoken in business: English and Portuguese; Italian and French in a lesser degree.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nPoblaci\u00f3n<\/h5>\n
\nAnnual Rate of Demographic Growth: 0.6%<\/span>
\nPopulation Density (pp\/km2): 18<\/span>
\nLife expectancy at birth: 75.4 years<\/span>
\nInfant death rate: 15.02\/1000<\/span>
\nLiteracy rate: 97% (2004)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”12px” alter_height=”small” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nEconom\u00eda<\/h5>\n
\nGDP Per Capita (2004): 4.078 dollars (US Dollar)<\/span>
\nInflation: 4,42 % (July 2005 mobile year)<\/span>
\nEconomically active population: 1.256.600 (Dec. 2004)<\/span>
\nUnemployment rate 12.3% (Period April – June 2005)<\/span>
\nGood exports 2973,3 (millions of U$S) (2004)<\/span>
\nMain exported products: Meat, rice and other grains; dairy products and honey; leather, furs and leather products; food, beverage and tobacco; wool and textiles; plastics and rubber.<\/span>
\nMain exporting partners: USA (19,8%), Brazil (16,3%), Argentina (7,6%), European Union (19,9%), Asia excl. Middle East (8,1%), Middle East (3,9%)<\/span>
\nGood imports: 3,113.6 (millions of U$S) (2004) – excluding petroleum<\/span>
\nMain imported products: Machinery and equipment, electric goods, chemicals, petroleum and its derivatives, transport materials<\/span>
\nMain importing partners: Argentina (22,0%), Brazil (21,7%), European Union (11,6%), USA (7,1%), Asia excl. Middle East (10,7%), Middle East (4,1%)<\/span>
\nNet Foreign Debt: 7,178 (millions of U$S) (2004)<\/span>
\nDigital Telephone Network: 100%<\/span>
\nLand telephone line\/100 pp: 28 (2003)<\/span>
\nInternet Density: 16% (2004)<\/span>
\nHosts Density\/1000 pp.: 260 (January 2004)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”120px” alter_height=”medium” hide_on_mobile=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"