Uruguay

The country calling code for Uruguay is +598. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Uruguay number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Uruguay is assigned UY as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and URY as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Uruguay is .uy. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Uruguay is the Uruguayan peso, with the ISO 4217 code UYU and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Uruguay are quoted in UYU. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Uruguay is -03:00, currently UTC-03:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo. Uruguay sits in Americas, specifically the South America subregion. Its approximate centre point is -33.00000000, -56.00000000. Traffic in Uruguay drives on the right. Languages recorded for Uruguay: Spanish.

Uruguay shares a land border with 2 countries: Argentina and Brazil. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.