Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ranks 39th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Iran, Ireland, and Israel. Memorable people born in present day Uruguay include José Mujica, Comte de Lautréamont, and Tabaré Vázquez. Memorable people who died in Uruguay include Tabaré Vázquez, Eduardo Galeano, and Alcides Ghiggia. Uruguay has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many soccer players and politicians.

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.51 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname. Read more on Wikipedia