- Oriental republic of the Uruguay, country of the southeast of South America, lined by Brazil in the North and in the northeast, by the Atlantic Ocean in the East and in the South, by the río of Plata in the South, and by the Argentina on the West. The Río Uruguay constitutes a part of its Occidental borders. The surface of the Uruguay represents 186 926 km2. Montevideo is the capital, the main port and the economic centre of the country.
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