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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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Map Montevideo (capital) 1960,
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Montevideo is Uruguay's capital, chief port, and by far its largest city. It is therefore considered a primate city.
1.4 million, approximately 1/3 of which is of Italian descent, a large percentage of the remainder is other white European in origin, especially Spain and Portugal - totalling some 88% of the demographic. Montevideo's population makes up roughly 44% of the entire country of Uruguay, and the surrounding province of Canelones, essentially Montevideo's suburbs and direct rural area, makes up another 12%. Uruguay's indigenous population was wiped out during the colonization period and there are virtually no descendants remaining. There is a small (8%) mestizo (mixed indigenous and European) and (4%) African population, who are, for the most part, marginalized by the rest of the community. While the dominant portion of the population is Catholic, there is also a well assimilated, but active Jewish population numbering in the 40,000s.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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