URUGUAY URUGUAY REGION SOUTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 25 1825 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTION WAS SUSPENDED JUNE 27 1973 POPULATION 3308523 1999 EST AREA 68037 SQ MI CAPITAL MONTEVIDEO FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES MEAT PACKING WOOL AND HIDES TEXTILES WINE PETROLEUM PROCESSING SHOE MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE CORN WHEAT SUGAR RICE OATS LINSEED NATURAL RESOURCES ARABLE LAND HYDROELECTRIC POTENTIAL GOLD GRANITE MARBLE CURRENCY PESO GDP 28.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 8600 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL RELIGIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 73 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 17 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
