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(i/ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/; Spanish pronunciation: [uɾuˈɣwai̯]), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay)
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(“uruguay” is a country in the southeastern region of ‘south america’)
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(it borders ‘Argentina’ to its west and ‘Brazil’ to its north and east, with the ‘Río de la Plata’ (‘River of Silver’) to the south and the ‘Atlantic Ocean’ to the southeast)
(‘Uruguay’ is home to an estimated 3.42 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 kilometres (68,000 sq mi), ‘Uruguay’ is geographically the second-smallest nation in ‘South America’, only larger in size than ‘Suriname’)
(‘Uruguay’ was inhabited by the ‘Charrúa’ people for approximately 4000 years before the Portuguese established ‘Colonia del Sacramento’, one of the oldest European settlements in the region, in 1680)
(‘Montevideo’ was founded as a military stronghold by the ‘Spanish’ in the early 18th century, signifying the competing claims over the region)
(‘Uruguay’ won its independence between 1811 and 1828, following a 4-way struggle between ‘Spain’, ‘Portugal’, ‘Argentina’, and ‘Brazil’)
(it remained subject to foreign influence and intervention throughout the 19th century, with the military playing a recurring role in domestic politics until the late 20th century)
(modern ‘Uruguay’ is a ‘democratic constitutional republic’, with a president who serves as both ‘head of state’ and ‘head of government’)
(‘Uruguay’ is ranked 1st in ‘Latin America’ in democracy, peace, lack of corruption, e-government, and is 1st in ‘South America’ when it comes to press freedom, size of the ‘middle class’, and prosperity)
(on a ‘per-capita’ basis, ‘Uruguay’ contributes more troops to ‘United Nations’ peace-keeping missions than any other country)
(it ranks 2nd in the region on economic freedom, income equality, per-capita income and inflows of FDI)
(‘Uruguay’ is the 3rd-best country on the continent in terms of HDI, GDP growth, innovation, and infrastructure)
(it is regarded as a ‘high-income country’ (‘top group’) by the UN)
(‘Uruguay’ is also the 3rd-best ranked in the world in ‘e-participation’)
(‘Uruguay’ is an important global exporter of ‘combed wool’, ‘rice’, ‘soybeans’, ‘frozen beef’, ‘malt’, and ‘milk’)
(nearly 95% of Uruguay’s electricity comes from ‘renewable energy’, mostly ‘hydroelectric facilities’ and ‘wind parks’)
(“the economist” named ‘uruguay’ “country of the year” in ‘2013’, acknowledging the innovative policy of legalizing the ‘production’, ‘sale’, and ‘consumption’ of ‘cannabis’)
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(‘same-sex marriage’ + ‘abortion’ are also legal, leading ‘uruguay’ to be regarded as one of the ‘most liberal nations in the world’, and one of the most ‘socially developed’, outstanding regionally, and ranking highly on global measures of [‘personal rights’ / ‘tolerance’ / ‘inclusion] issues’)
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