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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 1,564 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown .
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| Area Total :
| 176,220 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 173,620 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 2,600 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than the state of Washington .
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| Coast Line :
| 660 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 2,073 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 8,983 km .
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| Waterways :
| 1,600 km (2002) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Colonia, Fray Bentos, Juan La Caze, La Paloma, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Piriapolis .
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Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the R?o de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the oldest town in the country and capital of the departamento of Colonia.
Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, Colonia was later disputed by the Spanish settled on the opposite bank of the river at Buenos Aires. The colony kept changing hands from crown to crown due to treaties like the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 and the Treaty of Santo Ildefonso in 1777, until it remained with the Spanish. It then transferred to Portuguese control again, and later to the Brazilians after 1816, when the entire eastern bank (Banda Oriental) of Uruguay was seized by the Rio de Janeiro government.
The Guarani fought in 1742 to drive the Portuguese out. This city is known as Col?nia do Sacramento in Portuguese.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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