COASTS & BEACHES

FIELDS

URBAN LANDSCAPES

WORLD HERITAGE SITE

About Uruguay

Uruguay: Means - "River of the colored birds" in Guaraní.
Location: 30º and 35º south latitude, 38º and 53º longitude west.
Limit with: To the north Brazil, to the west Argentina, to the south Rio de la Plata, to the east the Atlantic Ocean.
Capital: Montevideo (Ibero-American Capital of the Culture).
Territorial surface: 177.508 km2.
Demographic density: 3.2 million inhabitants.
Official language: Spanish.
Religion: Lay state.
Currency: Uruguayan peso.
Government's regime: Democratic.
Literacy index: 95.3%.

Temperate climate / temperature average between 16ºC and 20ºC (four well differentiated seasons).

Landscape where the wavy prairies prevail (altitude media 140 mts.), cultivated fields, rivers, streams and lagoons. 650 kms of coast (on the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean).

Montevideo, the most southern capital in the planet, has an eclectic architecture, because of the European influence at the end of the XIX century you find constructions with Spanish, French and Italian reminiscences.

Colonia, declared World Heritage Site, conserves Spanish and Portuguese constructions from the time of the colony, integrated to the daily life.

Punta del Este, internationally well known spa for its exclusivity and its beautiful beaches.