Uruguay
is one of the smallest countries of South America. It is located
at the limit of Brazil in North, the Atlantic Ocean in the
West and is separated from Argentina in the South by the Uruguay
river which emerges in the estuary of Plata. The landscape
is made primarily of hills and sprinkled meadows of rivers
and rivers.
Uruguay has a littoral of beaches with dunes and headlands
all along the coast. The major part of the ground is intended
for the breeding of sheep and bovines.
Montevideo, not highest in the South of the country includes
more half of the population. Although almost 90% of the grounds
are suited to the culture, only 12% are cultivated.
Uruguay is known as the "Eastern Republic" because
it is located on the edges of Rio of Plata.
Population
and Settlement
The three million Uruguyans are primarily Blancs, the majority
of them going down from the immigrants, Italian, German and
Russian. The Indians were almost completely eliminated during
centuries, and very few Blacks and mongrel is counted. More
half of the population lives in Montevideo, the remainder
being concentrated along Rio of Plata in the departments of
Colonia, San and Maldonado, and along Uruguay, in the districts
of Soriano, Salto and Paysandu.
Spanish is the official language, but people who live near
the Brazilian border use a great number of Portuguese words.
