Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi). Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.
Sport in Uruguay has been an important part of Uruguayan culture, since the early start of the nation. Winners of such important awards such as the FIFA World Cup, the French Open, and Olympic medals, Uruguay has been a constantly successful sports nation in continental and world aspects.
The University of the Republic is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the oldest and largest university in the country, as well as the second largest public university in South America and the world's 57th largest by enrollment, with a student body of 137,757 undergraduate students in 2018 and 6,351 postgraduate students in 2012. It was founded on 18 July 1849 in Montevideo, where most of its buildings and facilities are still located. Its current rector is Rodrigo Arim.
The Cisplatine War was an armed conflict fought in the 1820s between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over control of Brazil's Cisplatina province. It was fought in the aftermath of the United Provinces' and Brazil's independence from Spain and Portugal, respectively, and resulted in the independence of Cisplatina as the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Omar Ruben Rada Silva is a Uruguayan percussionist, composer, singer and television personality.
Club Atlético River Plate is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Uruguayan football league system. This is not the same River Plate F.C. that won the Uruguayan league in the early 20th century.
Hernán Rodrigo López Mora, also known as Rodrigo López, is an Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward.
Sebastián Vázquez is an Uruguayan retired football midfielder.
Serafín Fabricio García is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Boston River of the Segunda División in Uruguay. He played as a right midfielder.
Jorge Damián Rodríguez Larraura is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Villa Teresa in the Uruguayan Segunda División.
Rodrigo Capó Ortega is a former Uruguayan rugby union player. He won the Top 14 in 2012–13 and 2017–18 with Castres
José Denis Conde is a former Uruguayan footballer who played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Julio Avelino Comesaña López is a former Uruguayan naturalized Colombian professional football manager and former football player.
The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Uruguay from 14 January to 7 February 2015.
The history of the Jews in Uruguay dates back to the colonial empire. The most important influx of Jewish population occurred during the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, mainly during World War II.
Snake is an Uruguayan rock band formed in 1995 in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is considered one of the most popular rock bands in Uruguay, in the country's Latin rock scene.
Emigration from Uruguay is a migratory phenomenon that has been taking place in Uruguay since the early 20th century.
Uruguayan Mexicans are people born in Uruguay who live in Mexico, or Mexico-born people of Uruguayan descent.
The sixth Constitution of Uruguay came into force in 1967.
Rodrigo Agustin Saravia Salvia is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club Rostov.
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