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 Latin America and the Caribbean -Contacts-
 Uruguay

Basic Data*

Area: 176 220 km²
Capital: Montevideo
Language: Spanish
Total population: 3.4 (millions 2004)
Urban population:
91.9 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015:
 3.7 (millions)
Currency: Uruguayan peso
GDP Per Capita: 9.421 (US$, 2004)
Grow rate of population: 0.6 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic and protestant
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 100 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 100 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: Brazil to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the south and to the east, and Argentina to the west
Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Uruguay
Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Uruguay

 

Ministry of National Defense
Edf. Libertad - Avda. Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera 3350
Montevideo
Tel: (598-2) 480-0355
Fax: (598-2) 487-9785
E-mail: sne@presidencia.gub.uy
Web Site: http://www.mindef.gob.pe/


United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Javier Barrios Amorin 870
P.3, Casilla Correo 1207
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (598-2) 402-3356
Fax: (598-2) 402-3360
E-mail: fouru@undp.org.uy
Web Site: http://www.undp.org.uy/


Ministry of Health. General Direction of Health
Av. 18 de Julio 1892/104
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (598 2) 409-7230
Fax: (598 2) 408-8302
E-mail: rnigro@msp.gub.uy ; unced@msp.gub.uy; mca@msp.gub.uy
Web Site: http://www.msp.gub.uy/


Uruguay Red Cross
Avenida 8 de octubre 2990
11600 Montevideo
Tel: (598-2) 480-2112
Fax: (598-2) 480-0714
E-mail: cruzroja@adinet.com.uy


Unit for Climate Change
Rincón 422, piso 3, oficina 5
Apdo: 11000
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel.: (598 2) 917 0710 / int. 4305
Fax: (598 2) 917 0710 / int. 4321
E-mail: info@cambioclimatico.gub.uy
Web Site: http://www.cambioclimatico.gub.uy


Environmental Secretariat for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEMA)
Ave. Brasil 2655-11300
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (598-2) 709-0042
Fax: (598-2) 708-6776
E-mail: info@ems-sema.org
Web Site: http://www.ems-sema.org/


Marine and Atmospherics Sciences Program (PCMYA), University of the Republic
Iguá 4225, 11400
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: (59 82) 525-8618 / 21 int.151
Fax: (59 82) 525-8617
Web Site: http://glaucus.fcien.edu.uy/pcmya/index.html


 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

Regional Disaster Information Center
Tel: (506) 296.3952 | Fax: (506) 2231.5973
Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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