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The peso moneda nacional was replaced on 1 July 1975 by the nuevo peso (new peso; ISO 4217 code UYP) at a rate of 1 new peso for 1000 old pesos. The nuevo peso was also subdivided into 100 centésimos. After further inflation, the peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 code UYU) replaced the nuevo peso on March 1, 1993, again at a rate of 1 new for 1000 old.
Withdrawal of old notes of N$500 and under began immediately; notes of 1,000 up to 500,000 nuevos pesos remained legal tender (for 1 to 500 pesos uruguayos) until 28 February 2003. The first banknote denominated in pesos uruguayos moneda nacional, the $20 (dated 1994), did not appear in circulation until 22 February 1995. By the end of 1995 ...
Matías Ramos Santos , who was born in El Salvador in 1891, served as Governor of Zacatecas from 1932 to 1936, [9] and as Secretary of National Defence from 1952 to 1958. [10] The congregacíon of El Salvador was established in the municipality of Concepción del Oro on 14 November 1964. It became an independent municipality a week later on 21 ...
Most Uruguayans descend from colonial-era settlers and immigrants from Europe with almost 88% of the population being of European descent. [14] The majority of these are Spaniards and Italians, followed by the French, Portuguese, Germans, Romanians, Greeks, British (English or Scots), Irish, Poles, [15] Swiss, Russians, Bulgarians, Arab (mainly Lebanese and Syrians), Sephardi and Ashkenazi ...
A partially restored pyramid at Casa Blanca Structures of Casa Blanca y El Trapiche Structures of the archaeological park Casa Blanca. Casa Blanca is a pre-Columbian Maya archeological site in Chalchuapa, El Salvador. The site possesses several pyramids dating to the Late Preclassic period (500 BC – AD 250) and the Classic period (AD 250–900).
Uruguayan Americans (Spanish: uruguayo-americanos, norteamericanos de origen uruguayo or estadounidenses de origen uruguayo) are Americans of Uruguayan ancestry or birth. The American Community Survey of 2006 [ 2 ] estimated the Uruguayan American population to number 50,538, a figure that notably increased a decade later.
Federico García Vigil. 17 January – Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1953). [5]11 February – Carlos Julio Pereyra, politician (b. 1922). [6]28 March – Rodolfo González Rissotto, 71, politician (National Party), Director of Education at the Ministry of Education and Culture (1990-1994) and Minister of National Defense (1995); first case of COVID-19 in Uruguay [7]
Centro is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.Being the city's downtown area, it forms part of its central business district, along with the neighboring areas of Cordón and Ciudad Vieja. [1]