Uruguay
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Uruguay (UY, URY) is a country in South America, with Montevideo as its capital. The currency is the Uruguayan Peso (UYU, UYU). The international dialling code is +598 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 094 231 234. The time zone is America/Montevideo. Official language: Spanish.
CurrencyUYUUYU
Dial code+598e.g. 094 231 234
Time zoneMontevideoUTC−03:00
LanguageSpanish
CapitalMontevideo
Population3.4M181K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Native name
- Uruguay
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- UY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- URY
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 858
- IOC code
- URU
- Demonym
- Uruguayan
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Region
- Americas › South America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- South America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .uy
- Coordinates
- -33, -56
- Area
- 181,034 km²
- Population
- 3,425,330
- GDP
- $105.1B ($30.7K per person)
- Literacy
- 98.1%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Uruguayan Peso UYU
- Symbol
- UYU narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $ 1.234,50
Former currencies: UYP
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 88% (3M) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Montevideo | UTC−03:00 | none | Uruguay Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +598
- Dial-out prefix
- 0(?:0|1[3-9]\d) preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 4–13 digits
- Emergency number
- 128 pattern 128|911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2123 1234 | +598 2123 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 094 231 234 | +598 94 231 234 | XXX XXX XXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 0800 1234 | +598 800 1234 | XXXX XXXX | [6-13] |
| Premium rate | 0900 1234 | +598 900 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 7 |
| Universal access | 21123 | +598 21123 | XXXXX | 4, 5 |
Show the 7 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4,5}) | 21 | $1 | $1 |
(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | 0 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [49]0|8 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 9 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [124] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{2,4}) | 0 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{2,4}) | 0 | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City} {State/province}
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 19
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 11600
- Post office lookup
- http://www.correo.com.uy/index.asp?codPag=codPost&switchMapa=codPost
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Uruguay) locale (es-UY), amounts in UYU.
- Number
- 1.234.567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (UYU)
- $ 1.234.567,89
- Accounting
- ($ 1.234.567,89)
- Currency, name
- 1.234.567,89 pesos uruguayos
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 millones
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar. 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar. 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C