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Uruguay: Hispanic Reading Room Country Guide

This guide provides curated Library of Congress resources for researching Uruguay, including digitized primary source materials in a wide variety of formats, books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching.

Introduction

Uruguay, Montevideo General Rondeau Ave. [between 1909 and 1919]. National Photo Company Collection. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The Library of Congress holds thousands of collection materials about and from Uruguay. Curated by librarians in the Hispanic Reading Room, this guide is part of a series of Country Guides that provide quick references for countries and regions from the Luso-Hispanic world. The Hispanic Reading Room is the Library’s portal to the Caribbean, Latin America, Spain and Portugal; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S. This guide offers links to diverse resources on Uruguay from across the Library including digitized primary sources, selected books and periodicals, online databases, and tips for searching. For specific questions or assistance using the Library’s resources, use the Ask a Librarian service to contact a reference librarian.

Uruguay: Quick Facts

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Uruguay. 1995. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.

Official Name: República Oriental del Uruguay (Oriental Republic of Uruguay)

Capital: Montevideo

Date of Independence: August 25, 1825

Head of State/Government: President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou

Population: 3.38 million

Languages: Spanish

Departments/Departamentos: (19 departments) Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres