State

Uruguay

sovereign state in South America

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1825–1945
Founded
1825
Capital
Montevideo
Government
republic, participatory democracy, presidential system
Preceded by
Cisplatina ProvinceProvincia Oriental

Overview

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in southeastern South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometers (68,037 sq mi). It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

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All rulers (32)

  1. Fructuoso Rivera1830–1834
  2. Carlos Anaya1834–1835
  3. Manuel Oribe1835–1838
  4. Gabriel Antonio Pereira1838–1839
  5. Fructuoso Rivera1839–1843
  6. Manuel Oribe1843–1851
  7. Juan Francisco Giró1852–1853
  8. Joaquín Suárez1852
  9. Juan Antonio Lavalleja1853
  10. Fructuoso Rivera1853–1854
  11. Venancio Flores1854–1855
  12. Manuel Basilio Bustamante1855–1856
  13. Luis Lamas1855
  14. José María Plá1856
  15. Bernardo Berro1860–1864
  16. Atanasio Aguirre1864–1865
  17. Tomás Villalba1865
  18. Venancio Flores1865–1868
  19. Lorenzo Batlle y Grau1868–1872
  20. Tomás Gomensoro Albín1872–1873
  21. José Eugenio Ellauri1873–1875
  22. Pedro Carve1875
  23. Lorenzo Latorre1876–1880
  24. Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez1882
  25. Julio Herrera y Obes1890–1894
  26. Duncan Stewart1894
  27. José Batlle y Ordóñez1903–1907
  28. José Batlle y Ordóñez1911–1915
  29. Feliciano Viera1915–1919
  30. Baltasar Brum1919–1923
  31. Alfredo Baldomir1938–1943
  32. Juan José de Amézaga1943–1947

Records (59)

  1. 1704–1705 — Siege of Colonia del SacramentoSiege
  2. 1735–1737 — Siege of Colonia del SacramentoSiege
  3. 1736–1737 — Rio da Prata CampaignCampaign
  4. 1762–1763 — First Cevallos expeditionCampaign
  5. 1807 — Battle of MontevideoBattle
  6. 1807 — Battle of Colonia del SacramentoBattle
  7. 1807 — Battle of CardalBattle
  8. 1811 — Battle of Las PiedrasBattle
  9. 1811 — Battle of San JoséBattle
  10. 1811 — Siege of MontevideoSiege
  11. 1811 — Assault of the Isla de las RatasBattle
  12. 1812 — Battle of CerritoBattle
  13. 1812–1814 — Siege of MontevideoSiege
  14. 1814 — Battle of BuceoBattle
  15. 1814–1820 — War between Artigas and the DirectoryWar
  16. 1816–1820 — Portuguese Conquest of the Banda OrientalWar
  17. 1816 — Battle of India MuertaBattle
  18. 1817 — Battle of ArapeyBattle
  19. 1820 — Battle of TacuarembóBattle
  20. 1823–1824 — Siege of MontevideoSiege
  21. 1825 — Battle of SarandíBattle
  22. 1825 — Battle of RincónBattle
  23. 1826 — Battle of Colonia del SacramentoBattle
  24. 1826–1827 — first war between Unitarians and Federalists in the Argentine Civil WarsWar
  25. 1827 — Batalha de Aquila/ArbolitoNaval battle
  26. 1827 — Battle of YerbalBattle
  27. 1827 — Attack on the Brazilian Fort in Punta del EsteBattle
  28. 1836 — Battle of CarpinteríaBattle
  29. 1836 — Battle of CarpinteriaBattle · Supporters of Oribe ▸ Supporters of Ribera
  30. 1837 — Battle of YucutujáBattle
  31. 1839–1851 — Uruguayan Civil WarWar
  32. 1839 — Battle of CaganchaBattle
  33. 1842 — Battle of Arroyo GrandeBattle · Argentina, Uruguayan Conservatives ▸ Uruguayan Liberals
  34. 1843–1851 — Great Siege of MontevideoBattle
  35. 1843 — Battle of MontevideoBattle · Uruguayan Liberal Rebels ▸ Argentina
  36. 1844 — Battle of Arroyo del SauceBattle
  37. 1845 — Battle of India MuertaBattle
  38. 1846 — Battle of San AntonioBattle
  39. 1851–1852 — Platine WarWar
  40. 1851 — 1851 Boundary TreatyTreaty
  41. 1858 — Hecatomb of QuinterosMassacre
  42. 1858 — Battle of CaganchaBattle · Uruguyan Conservative Rebels ▸ Uruguyan Government
  43. 1863 — Battle of Las CañasBattle
  44. 1863 — Battle of las Piedras (1863)Battle
  45. 1864–1870 — Paraguayan WarWar
  46. 1864–1865 — Uruguayan WarWar
  47. 1864–1865 — Siege of PaysandúSiege
  48. 1867 — Siege of CurupaitiNaval battle
  49. 1868 — Battle of Lomas ValentinasBattle
  50. 1871 — Battle of El SauceBattle · Colorados ▸ Blancos
  51. 1875 — Tricolor RevolutionRevolution
  52. 1897 — Uruguayan revolution of 1897Revolution
  53. 1897 — Batalla de ArbolitoBattle
  54. 1904 — Battle of MasollerBattle
  55. 1904 — Uruguayan revolution of 1904Revolution
  56. 1904 — Battle of TupambaeBattle · Colorados ▸ Blancos
  57. 1933 — Montevideo ConventionTreaty
  58. 1933 — Convention on the Nationality of WomenTreaty
  59. 1940 — Convention on Private International Law of March 19, 1940Treaty

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