Info
Uruguay
Society:
Uruguay is a cosmopolitan society as a result of many successive
European migrations. As such it is an open society, promoting
tolerance, non discrimination towards foreigners be them of
different race, religion or political ideologies.
| Ethnic
groups |
| White |
88% |
| Mestizo |
8% |
| Black |
4% |
| Amerindian |
0% |
|
| Descendants
|
| European |
90% |
| Mestizo |
7% |
| African |
3% |
| Amerindian |
0% |
|
| Religions
|
| Catholic |
66% |
| Protestant |
2% |
| Jewish |
2% |
| Others |
30% |
|
Population:
Total:
3,284,841 (July 1998 est.)
Urban: 89%
Rural : 11%
Nationality:
Uruguayan(s)
Montevideo
(capital city) concentrates 1,330,440 inhabitants
Density
(inhabitant per Km2) : 17.8
Annual
demographic growth rate: 6.8 per 1000 inhabitants.
Education:
Educational freedom is constitutionally guaranteed. Public
education is secular, free and
obligatory.
Literacy
rate:
97%.
Uruguay has the highest literacy rate in
all of Latin America and one of the highest in the world.
Language:
Spanish is the official language. English and Portuguese is
spoken in the main tourist centers.
Religion:
No official religion exists. The Constitution guarantees freedom
of worship. Diverse religions coexist in our country, however,
Catholicism is the predominant religion among Uruguayans.
National
Holidays:
June
19th (Birth of our national hero General José Gervasio Artigas).
July
18th (Swearing of the first Constitution of 1830).
August
25th (Declaration of Independence).
Crime
Information:
Street
crime is not a serious problem at the capital, Montevideo.
Evertheless, walking alone or in small groups is not recommended
in the downtown area, Old City (Ciudad Vieja) and the neightborhoods
surrounding the port zone, after dark, or even during the
day in well-traveled areas on the weekends.
Data
Code:
UY
Electric
Power
- 220 volts, 50 cycles.
Tipping
- Tipping to acknowledge services received is at the discretion
of the traveler. |
