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URUGUAY

Oriental Republic of Uruguay · UY / URY / 858

UY
ISO 3166-1 URY · 858

Uruguay is a south america country in Americas. It has a population of 3,449,299, uses UYU, speaks Spanish.

Population 3,449,299
Area (km²) 181,034
Capital Montevideo
Region South America

All facts

fields
ISO alpha-3
URY
ISO numeric
858
Calling code
+598
TLD
.uy
Driving side
Currencies
UYU
Languages
spa
Timezones
Flag
🇺🇾

Cities

page 1 of 4 · 154 total
Montevideo Montevideo Department 1,270,737
Salto Salto Department 99,823
Paysandú Paysandú Department 73,249
Las Piedras Canelones 69,682
Rivera Rivera Department 64,631
Maldonado Maldonado 55,478
Tacuarembó Tacuarembó Department 51,854
Melo Cerro Largo 51,023
Mercedes Soriano 42,359
Artigas Artigas 41,909
Minas Lavalleja 38,025
San José de Mayo San José Department 36,529
Durazno Durazno Department 33,926
Florida Florida 32,234
Barros Blancos Canelones 31,650
San Carlos Maldonado 27,471
Treinta y Tres Treinta y Tres Department 25,653
Rocha Rocha Department 25,515
Pando Canelones 24,047
Fray Bentos Río Negro Department 23,279
Colonia del Sacramento Colonia 21,714
Trinidad Flores Department 21,429
La Paz Canelones 19,913
Canelones Canelones 19,698
Carmelo Colonia 18,041
Delta del Tigre San José Department 17,973
Dolores Soriano 17,174
Young Río Negro Department 16,756
Santa Lucía Canelones 16,438
Progreso Canelones 16,244
Paso de Carrasco Canelones 15,393
Río Branco Cerro Largo 14,604
Paso de los Toros Tacuarembó Department 12,985
Juan L. Lacaze Colonia 12,816
Bella Unión Artigas 12,200
Libertad San José Department 10,166
Rosario Colonia 10,085
Nueva Helvecia Colonia 10,054
Nueva Palmira Colonia 9,857
Chui Rocha Department 9,675
Punta del Este Maldonado 9,277
Colonia Nicolich Canelones 8,902
Salinas Canelones 8,626
Piriápolis Maldonado 7,968
Castillos Rocha Department 7,541
Tranqueras Rivera Department 7,235
Sarandí del Yi Durazno Department 7,176
San Ramón Canelones 7,133
Lascano Rocha Department 6,976
Tarariras Colonia 6,632

Airports

top 13

Universities

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FAQ

4 questions
What currency does Uruguay use?
UYU.
What languages are spoken in Uruguay?
Spanish.
What is the capital of Uruguay?
Montevideo.
How many cities are in Uruguay?
154 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth
cURL 200 OK
$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/UY

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "UY",
    "iso_alpha3": "URY",
    "iso_numeric": "858",
    "common_name": "Uruguay",
    "official_name": "Oriental Republic of Uruguay",
    "capital": "Montevideo",
    "region": "Americas",
    "subregion": "South America",
    "population": 3449299,
    "flag_emoji": "🇺🇾",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+598"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".uy"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/uy.svg",
    "area": 181034.0,
    "latitude": -33.0,
    "longitude": -56.0,
    "languages": {
      "spa": "Spanish"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "UYU": {
        "name": "Uruguayan peso",
        "symbol": "$"
      }
    },
    "borders": [
      "ARG",
      "BRA"
    ],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}
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