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*Uruguay, People

Population:
3,175,050 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.75% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
17.82 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
9.52 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
18 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.74 years
male:
70.52 years
female:
77.11 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.46 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Uruguayan(s)
adjective:
Uruguayan
Ethnic divisions:
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 66% (less than half adult population attends church
regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%
Languages:
Spanish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population:
96%
male:
97%
female:
96%
Labor force:
1.355 million (1991 est.)
by occupation:
government 25%, manufacturing 19%, agriculture 11%, commerce 12%, utilities,
construction, transport, and communications 12%, other services 21% (1988
est.)

*Uruguay, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
conventional short form:
Uruguay
local long form:
Republica Oriental del Uruguay
local short form:
Uruguay
Digraph:
UY
Type:
republic
Capital:
Montevideo
Administrative divisions:
19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones,
Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado,
Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano,
Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres
Independence:
25 August 1828 (from Brazil)
Constitution:
27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June 1973, new
constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980
Legal system:
based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
National holiday:
Independence Day, 25 August (1828)
Political parties and leaders:
National (Blanco) Party, Carlos CAT; Colorado Party, Secretary General
(vacant); Broad Front Coalition, Liber SEREGNI Mosquera - includes PSU, PCU,
MLN, MRO, PVP; Uruguayan Socialist Party (PSU), Jose Pedro CARDOSO, and;
Communist Party (PCU), Marina ARISMENDI; National Liberation Movement (MLN)
or Tupamaros, Eleuterio FERNANDEZ Huidobro; Oriental