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Salto.Informations Salto Uruguay
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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent..
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Capital Salto : |
Montevideo .
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| Climate Salto :
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown .
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| Life expectancy Salto :
| 75.92 years .
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| Fertility rate Salto :
| 1.96 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government Salto :
| constitutional republic .
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| Population Uruguay :
| 3,399,237 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Uruguay :
| 176,220 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Uruguay :
| 946,500 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Uruguay :
| 652,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Salto :
| 598.
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