Uruguay

Uruguay, rasmi kama Jamhuri ya Mashariki ya Uruguay (Kihispania: República Oriental del Uruguay), ni nchi iliyoko Amerika Kusini. Inapakana na Argentina upande wa magharibi na kusini-magharibi, Brazil upande wa kaskazini na kaskazini-mashariki, huku ikipakana na Río de la Plata upande wa kusini na Bahari ya Atlantiki upande wa kusini-mashariki. Ni sehemu ya eneo la pembe  la Amerika Kusini. Uruguay inashughulikia eneo la takriban kilomita za mraba 176,215 (maili za mraba 68,037). Ina idadi ya watu takriban milioni 3.4, ambapo karibu milioni 2 wanaishi katika eneo la mji mkuu wake na jiji lake kubwa zaidi, Montevideo.

Watu
Wakazi wengi (87.7%) wana asili ya Ulaya, hasa Hispania na Italia. Wenye asili ya Afrika ni 4.6% na Waindio 2.4% tu.

Lugha rasmi na ya kawaida ni Kihispania.

Upande wa dini, nchi haina dini rasmi. Wakazi wengi (54.3%) ni Wakristo, hasa wa Kanisa Katoliki (44.8%).

 Tazama pia 
 Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi

Marejeo
Andrew, G. R. (2010) Blackness in the White Nation: A History of Afro-Uruguay, The University of North Carolina Press
Behnke, A. (2009) Uruguay in Pictures, Twenty First Century Books
Box, B. (2011) Footprint Focus: Uruguay, Footprint Travel Guides
Burford, T. (2010) Bradt Travel Guide: Uruguay, Bradt Travel Guides
Canel, E. (2010) Barrio Democracy in Latin America: Participatory Decentralization and Community Activism in Montevideo, The Pennsylvania State University Press
Clark, G. (2008) Custom Guide: Uruguay, Lonely Planet
Jawad, H. (2009) Four Weeks in Montevideo: The Story of World Cup 1930, Seventeen Media
Lessa, F. and Druliolle, V. (eds.) (2011) The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, Palgrave Macmillan
Mool, M (2009) Budget Guide: Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Cybertours-X Verlag

 Viungo vya nje 

 Lango rasmi la Serikali 

Uruguay  from UCB Libraries GovPubs

Uruguay profile from the BBC News

Development Forecasts
World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Uruguay


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