GENERAL INFORMATION  IOC Code: URU  Country: Uruguay  Continent: Americas  President: Tabaré Vázquez Capital: Montevideo  Largest City:  Montevideo  Currency:  Uruguayan Peso (UYU)   Official languages: Spanish Motto: Liberty or Death  POPULATION  (1 January 2006)  Population: 3,323,906 GDP/inhabitant (US $): 9,900   Density (inhabitants/km2): 19 Average age (in years):   Life expectancy (in years):  COMMUNICATION  Internet code: .uy  Calling code: +598

 DESCRIPTION
Uruguay, officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay or the Republic East of the Uruguay (River), is a nation located in the southeastern part of South America. Home to 3 million people, 1.7 million of which live in Montevideo. It is bordered by Brazil to the northeast, the Uruguay River to the west, the estuary of the Río de la Plata (literally "River of the Silver", but commonly known in English as "River Plate") to the southwest, with Argentina on the other bank of both, and finally the South Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.

It is the second smallest independent country in South America, larger only than Suriname and French Guiana, which is an overseas department of France. According to Transparency International, it is the second least corrupt country in Latin America (after Chile). Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent. 
 
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