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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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Population on 26-Jun-05 : 23122
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Fray Bentos is a town in western Uruguay, close to the border with Argentina, and about 160 km (100 mi) due north of Buenos Aires.
It has a population of 22,600 (1996). It is a port on the River Uruguay and is the capital of the R?o Negro department. Historically, its main industry has been meat processing. The beef plant there closed in 1979 after 117 years in operation. A local history museum opened on the site in March 2005. The town was originally founded in 1859 as 'Independencia'. Its current name is derived from a reclusive priest.
Botnia S.A., a subsidiary of Finnish corporation Botnia, is currently building a large cellulose factory in Fray Bentos to produce bleached eucalyptus pulp. The investment in the project is about 1 billion USD and the factory will directly or indirectly employ more than 8,000 people. The project, however, is not without opponents. On 30 April 2005 about 40,000 Argentinians from Entre R?os, along with environmental groups from both countries, blocked an international bridge and demanded the Argentine government to intercede before the Uruguayan one to stop the building of the factory, claiming it will gravely pollute the Uruguay River. On 20 December 2005 a World Bank study concluded that the factory would not have a negative impact on the environment or tourism in either country. As of February 2006 the conflict has not ended, but has indeed escalated into a diplomatic crisis (see Paper plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay).
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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