Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ranks 40th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ireland, Israel, and South Africa. Memorable people born in present day Uruguay include José Mujica, Tabaré Vázquez, and Comte de Lautréamont. Memorable people who died in Uruguay include José Mujica, Tabaré Vázquez, and José Leandro Andrade. Uruguay has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians.

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometers (68,037 sq mi). It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. Read more on Wikipedia