COUNTRY GUIDE · South America
Uruguay
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of Uruguay.
Uruguay at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Montevideo
- REGION
- South America
- POPULATION
- 3,400,000
- AREA
- 176,215 km²
- LANGUAGE
- Spanish
- CURRENCY
- Uruguay Peso en Unidades Indexadas (UI) (UYI)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Small Nation, Big Football History
Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about Uruguay
Uruguay is known for its widespread custom of drinking mate, often carried in a gourd with a metal straw.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places Uruguay in its South America region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 176,215 km² and a population of approximately 3,400,000. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.