Identity card of Uruguay:
- Capital: Montevideo
- Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU), but the US dollar (USD) is also used in Uruguay
- Time difference: UTC-3 (4 or 5 hours less than Paris, depending on the time change)
- Official language: Spanish
- Political regime: The Eastern Republic of Uruguay is a presidential republic
- Religion: More than 60% of the inhabitants of Uruguay are Catholic but there are Protestant and Jewish minorities. Many Uruguayans declare themselves non-practicing.
- Information for entering Uruguay from 11/01/2021:
The President of Uruguay on 08/10/2021 in a press conference announced the opening to tourism in general as of 11/01/2021,
for all people vaccinated with the 2 doses + 14 days after the vaccination of the second dose + 1 Negative PCR to enter the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
The Minister of Tourism proudly announces in a press conference held on 08/04/2021 that "Uruguay is on the world's radar because it is the country with the highest vaccination rate in the three Americas, it gives certainties, security abroad, it gives them what people need, to be able to travel to a country that will be taking care of them due to the vaccination rate of the population, that makes us stand out"...
