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Capital: montevideo
Country name
: conventional long form: oriental republic of uruguay conventional short form: uruguay local long form: republica oriental del uruguay local short form: uruguay former: banda oriental. cisplatine province
National holiday: independence day. 25 august (1825)
Government type
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constitutional republic
Administrative divisions: 19 departments (departamentos. singular - departamento); artigas. canelones. cerro largo. colonia. durazno. flores. florida. lavalleja. maldonado. montevideo. paysandu. rio negro. rivera. rocha. salto. san jose. soriano. tacuarembo. treinta y tres |
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Independence:
25 august 1825 (from brazil)
Political parties and leaders: colorado party [jorge batlle ibanez]; independent party (partido independiente) [pablo mieres]; movement of popular participation or mpp [jose mujica]; national party or blanco [luis alberto lacalle herrera]; new sector/space coalition (nuevo espacio) [rafael michelini]; progressive encounter/broad front coalition (encuentro progresista/frente amplio) or ep-fa [tabare vazquez]; socialist party of uruguay or socialists [reinaldo gargano]; uruguayan assembly or asamblea uruguay [danilo astori]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
pit-cnt (umbrella union of state and private employees). agrupacion ute (state worker's union). rural association of uruguay (rancher's association). uruguayan construction league. chamber of uruguayan industries (manufacturer's association). chemist and pharmaceutical association (professional organization). architect's society of uruguay (professional organization). the catholic church. students
International organization participation
: csn. fao. g-77. iadb. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icrm. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. laes. laia. mercosur. miga. minurso. minustah. monuc. nam (observer). oas. onub. opanal. opcw. pca. rg. un. unamsil. unctad. unesco. unficyp. unido. unmee. unmogip. unoci. unomig. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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