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Since 2009 (Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009), [5] the Uruguayan departments have been subdivided into municipalities. This system has been widely criticized as a waste of resources, due to Uruguay's small population of 3.4 million. The inaugural municipal elections were held in 2010, with municipal officials assuming office later in the year ...
Rank Region HDI (2022) Very high human development 1 Montevideo: 0.846 2 Costa Este (Canelones, Maldonado and Rocha) 0.832 – Uruguay 0.830: 3 Centro Sur (Flores, Florida and Lavalleja)
List of sovereign states; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area, comparing continents, countries, and first-level administrative country subdivisions. List of first-level administrative divisions by population; List of FIPS region codes in FIPS 10-4, withdrawn from the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2008
The list of cities in Uruguay is a list of all populated centres of Uruguay that have received the status of "Ciudad" (City). There are several populated places that have not received this status, with a population below 10,000 but as big as that of many cities.
Spanish: Uruguay — República Oriental del Uruguay Portuguese: Uruguai — República Oriental do Uruguai: Montevideo Spanish: Montevideo Portuguese: Montevidéu: 3,426,260 176,215 km 2 (68,037 sq mi) Uruguayan peso: Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela VEN Spanish: Venezuela — República Bolivariana de Venezuela: Caracas Spanish: Caracas
Uruguay's secularization began with the relatively minor role of the church in the colonial era, compared with other parts of the Spanish Empire. The small numbers of Uruguay's indigenous peoples and their resistance to proselytism reduced the influence of the ecclesiastical authorities. [158]
This monocephalic pattern of settlement was more pronounced in Uruguay than in any other nation of the world, barring city-states. [1] The 1985 census indicated a population density of about 2,475 inhabitants per square kilometer in the department of Montevideo and about 80 inhabitants per square kilometer in the department of Canelones. [1]
Montevideo (Spanish pronunciation: [monteβiˈðeo]) is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of Montevideo, which is also the national capital. While most of the department is covered by the capital city, there are still smaller towns ...