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Oriental Republic of Uruguay
National name: República Oriental del Uruguay
President: Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (1995)
Area: 68,040 sq. mi. (176,220 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 3,308,523 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.80%); birth rate: 16.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 13.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 49
Capital and largest city (1998): Montevideo, 1,330,440
Monetary unit: Peso
Language: Spanish
Ethnicity/race: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%
Religions: Roman Catholic, 66%; Protestant, 2%; Jewish, 2%
Literacy rate: 96%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1997 est.): $29.1 billion: $8,900 per capita. Real growth rate: 5.1% (1997). Inflation: 15.2% (1997). Unemployment: 10.3%. Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, livestock, fishing. Labor force: 1.38 million; government, 25%; manufacturing, 19%; commerce, 12%; utilities, construction, transport and communications, 12%; agriculture, 11%; other services, 21% (1988 est.). Industry: processed meats, wool and hides, textiles, shoes, handbags and leather wearing apparel, cement, refined petroleum. Natural resources: hydroelectric power potential. Exports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997): wool and textile manufactures, beef and other animal products, rice, fish, shellfish. Imports: $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997): machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, minerals, plastics, oil. Major trading partners: U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Germany, China, Italy, Nigeria.
