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Uruguay
Uruguay is a country in South America with its capital in Montevideo.
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Region
- South America, Central & South America
- Population
- 3.5 million
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Uruguayan peso ($)
- Area
- 181,034 km²
- Borders
- 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇷 Brazil
💡 First country to legalize cannabis nationwide (2013); 95% renewable electricity.
About the flag
Its nine stripes stand for the country’s nine original departments, and the corner shows the Sun of May, a symbol shared with Argentina.
How to spot it: Nine white and blue stripes with a golden sun in the top-left corner; Greece has a white cross there instead, and Argentina has three bands.
Often confused with: 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇬🇷 Greece