Uruguay - Reference Information General

Uruguay: Reference Information - General data
Official Name	República Oriental del Uruguay
Capital	Montevideo (1.3m)
Other Cities	Canelones (0.4m)
	Maldonado (0.1m)
Area (km2)	176,216
Population (million)	3.3
Population density (per km2)	18.9
Population growth rate (%)	0.7
Life expectancy (1999, years)	74.1
Illiteracy rate (1995, %)	2.4
Language	Spanish
Measures	Metric system
Time	3 hours behind GMT
TI Corruption Perception Index (1999) International Growth Competitiveness Index: United Nations Human Development Index	32 of 102 42 of 80 40 of 175

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