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= MY COUNTRY FACTS. =

**URUGUAY**

 * Official country name:** Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
 * Location:** The Eastern Republic of Uruguay is located in the southeastern region of South America. It is bordered by Argentina (to its west), Brasil (to its north and east), and the Atlantic Ocean (to its south and southeast).

The people of Uruguay are called Uruguayans. The official language is Spanish but people also speak English, Portuguese and Portuñol, the last one is a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese usually spoken in the Brazilian border. Uruguay has no official religion. However, the main religion is Catholicism. The nine horizontal stripes of the flag of Uruguay represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, and the Sun of May represents a new nation in the world. media type="prezi" key="orrwys7x1sun" width="550" height="400" https://prezi.com/orrwys7x1sun/government/# Uruguay has 3,407 million inhabitants. Population density in Uruguay was last measured at 19.54 in the year 2014. Uruguay has a birth rate of 13.18 births per thousand population. Some reasons of it are that people usually have children late because of education and they usually have only one child. Uruguay has a death rate of 9.48 deaths per thousand population. Some reasons for it are that there is a good healthcare which provides free medical care for those who needed it. Most immigrants come to Uruguay from Spain, Italy, Africa and Australia. Teenagers also come from Chile, Brazil and Argentine as the Republic University is free so they come to study their whole careers. A lot of people come here to spend their holidays or last days and they may chose Uruguay as a permanent residence. During the past four decades, 500,000 Uruguayans had emigrated to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, France and Portugal. Very talented Uruguayans had settled in another country and had became famous and locally accepted. The legislative power is in charge of migrants. Uruguay is located in South America. Uruguay is bordered by Argentina and Brasil. Uruguay is characterised by its scarce altitude, divided into plains and peneplains. Som positive things are that they have fertile soil and are attractive to settlement but the negative thing is that they are hard to defend In Uruguay the four seasons are clearly differentiate because of temperatura. In summer, the highest temperature is of 43oC and the lowest, of 17oC. in Winter, the lowest temperature is of -5oC and the hightest, of 14oC. This means that the territory is very vulnerable to the climate change. What is the most common sector of employment in the country? The economy of Uruguay is controlled by the agricultural sector. What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)? In Uruguay the unemployment rate is of 6.5%. What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors? Services needes by the population in Uruguay take 89.24% of the population; industries take a 5.03%; construction, a 5.56% and agricultura, a 0.12%. Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports. Uruguay consumed about 1100 MW while it produces about 1200MW per year. Uruguay imports about 160 MW and it exports about 150MW. The three main issues that affect Uruguayans in domestic policy are drugs, teaching and public security. The State is responsible for all the medical functions in Uruguay, and it provides free medical care for those who need it, particularly for the aged and those who cannot afford medical costs.
 * Year that country joined the UN:** Uruguay joined the UN the 12th of December, 1945.
 * **//PEOPLE//**
 * What are the people of the country called?**
 * What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?**
 * What is the most-practiced religion?**
 * **//FLAG//**
 * Draw the flag and describe the meaning of its symbols and colours.**
 * .[[image:http://www.banderas-mundo.es/data/flags/ultra/uy.png width="279" height="191"]]**
 * ** //POPULATION// **
 * How many inhabitants does the country have?**
 * Population density.**
 * Birth rate. Reasons.**
 * Death rate. Reasons.**
 * ** //MIGRATIONS// **
 * Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?**
 * Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why?**
 * Legislation of the country connected to migrations.**
 * Institution in charge of migrants.**
 * Problems connected with migrations.**
 * **//GEOGRAPHY//**
 * Where is the country?**
 * What other nations border the country?**
 * What type of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.**
 * What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.**
 * **//ECONOMY//**
 * **//DOMESTIC POLICY//**
 * Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy? **
 * Which are the main policies about healthcare? **
 * Which are the main policies about education? **
 * Education in Uruguay is compulsory for a total of nine years. Under the initiative of Tabaré Vázquez, uruguay has approved and implemented a program called Ceibal Project which consists of having laptops for every Primary School Children. **
 * Taxes and other revenues: **
 * In Uruguay, taxes are collected by the General Taxation Directorate. The most important taces are the Value-added tax (22%), the Wealth tax (from 0.7% to 2.75%), and the Income tax. **
 * Debt: **
 * Uruguay’s debt in the year 2013 was of **$**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">17,61 billion. **
 * **//FOREIGN POLICY//**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy? **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Healthcare is an issue that affects the foreign policy. **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Which are the main conflicts that have affected your country? **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Some conflicts that have affected Uruguay were the colonization, the struggle for the Independence (1811),the ‘Guerra Grande’ (1839-1852), some social and economic developmented up to 1890, the modernization, the World War II and a dictatorship. **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Which are the main conflicts that affect your country? **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">No conflicts affect Uruguay nowadays. **

Armed forces personnel number about 14,000 for the Army, 6,000 for the [|Navy], and 3,000 for the [|Air Force].
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs: **
 * **//SOURCES USED FOR THE INVESTIGATION.//**
 * For politics:** es.wikipedia.org; [|www.unodc.org].
 * For society and people:** es.wikipedia.org; [|www.regentsprep.org]; climatechange.procon.org.
 * For economy:** es.wikipedia.org; [|www.indexmundi.com]; [[file:///C:/Users/Alba%20Mor%C3%A1n/Documents/www.elpais.com.uy|www.elpais.com.uy]]; [|www.datosmacro.com].
 * For domestic policy:** es.wikipedia.org; [|www.factum.edu.uy].
 * For foreign policy:** es.wikièdia.org.