Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Uruguay
- +598
What every visitor should know about Uruguay:
- Money
- The currency is the Uruguayan peso (UYU). 10 UYU is worth about US$0.52, or €0.36.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3.5 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Uruguay facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 3,494,382
- Language
- Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
- Ethnicity
- White 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent)
Economy
- GDP
- US$12,300 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate