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Uruguay      Country: Uruguay Internet: .uy Continent: South America Area: 176220 sq km Population: 3,431,932 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 3486.507 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 1692.012 Population Women: 1794.495 Annual Growth Rate: 0.715 % Birth Rate: 13.91 % Death Rate: 9.05 % Life Expectancy: 76.33 years Infant Mortality Rate: 11.61 % Fertility Rate: 1.89 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.3 % HIV AIDS Living With: 6,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 500 Labor Force: 1,270,000 Unemployment Rate: 10.5 % GDP Per Capita: $10,700 GDP Purchasing Power: $36,560,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 7 Industrial Growth: 12.6 Inflation Rate CP: 6.5 % Investment Gross Fixed: 13.6 Public Debt: 70.6 Capital: Montevideo Capital Population: 1745100 (metro area) / 1347600 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 34 53 S, 56 11 W UTC Offset: -3 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March Merchant Marine: 13 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 1600 km Roadways: 77732 km Railways: 2073 km Airports: 64 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 680000 Internet Hosts: 145774 Telephones Mobile: 600,000 Telephones Main: 1000000 Debt External: $10,370,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $3,594,000,000 Imports: $4,532,000,000 Exports: $3,993,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$600,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 120,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 120,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 9,939,000,000 Electricity Production: 8,183,000,000 Oil Consumption: 38,100 Oil Production: 514  Map of Uruguay

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