Overview of Uruguay: History

Uruguay was discovered by Spanish Adelantados in the ends of the XVI century, and was part of the River Plate Virreynate until 1811. When Buenos Aires expelled the last Viceroy, Baltasar Cisneros, the capital moved to Montevideo. Read More »

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Arrocera San Pedro in Departamento de Artigas
Arroyo Rubio Chico, a stream in Departamento de Rivera
Arroyo San Antonio Grande, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Arroyo Sarandi Chico, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Arroyo Timboa, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Arroyo Valentin Grande, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Arroyo del Ceibal, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Arroyo del Sauce, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Canada Arbolito, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada Espinillo, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada Isla Cabello, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada Janucio, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada Santa Rosa, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada Sarandi, a stream in Departamento de Salto
Canada de La Divisa, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada de la Invernada, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Canada del Sauzal, a stream in Departamento de Artigas
Cerro Calera, a hill in Departamento de Rivera
Cerro San Gregorio, a hill in Departamento de Artigas
Cerro Topador, a peak in Departamento de Artigas
Cerro Ubajay, a hill in Departamento de Salto
Cerro del Buen Retiro, a hill in Departamento de Rivera
Cerro del Vichadero, a hill in Departamento de Artigas
Colonia San Gregorio in Departamento de Artigas

Coronado in Departamento de Artigas
Coxilha de Santana, a hill
Cuchilla Sequeira, a hill in Departamento de Artigas
Cuchilla del Salto, a hill in Departamento de Salto
Embalse de Salto Grande, a reservoir
Estacion Brigadas Civiles, a railroad station in Departamento de Rivera
Estacion Brigadier General Diego Lamas, a railroad station in Departamento de Artigas
Estacion Salto, a railroad station in Departamento de Paysandu
Estacion San Antonio, a railroad station in Departamento de Salto
Estacion Tranqueras, a railroad station in Departamento de Rivera
Gajo Sur del San Luis, a stream
La Quisilla in Departamento de Artigas
Parada Itacumbu, a railroad station in Departamento de Artigas
Paso Cortado, a ford in Departamento de Artigas
Paso Tiraponchos, a ford in Departamento de Artigas
Puntas Lenguado in Departamento de Artigas
Rivera HVDC Back-to-back station in Departamento de Rivera
Salto, population 99,823 in Departamento de Salto
San Antonio in Departamento de Salto
San Gregorio in Departamento de Artigas
San Luis in Departamento de Rivera
Tapera Chica in Departamento de Artigas
Zanja del Sauce, a stream in Departamento de Artigas

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Abompe in Ghana
As Sultan Qaboos Institute for Islamic Studies, a school in Muhafazat Zufar, Oman
Asilantir in Blue Nile State, Sudan
Boloto Zverinoye, a swamp in Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia
City of Moscow Mills, population 2,509 in Lincoln County, Missouri
Derai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Herring Lake, a reservoir in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Horseshoe Lake, a lake in Ontario
Jushaq in Ostan-e Markazi, Iran
Kef Mechtamai, a mountain in Wilaya de Chlef, Algeria
Kolbang-gol in Hamgyong-bukto, North Korea
Kudryavtsevo in Vologodskaya Oblast', Russia
Laguna Cabo Penas, a lake in Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur, Argentina
Lianhe in Jiangxi Sheng, China
Lombo, a stream in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nabatiye et Tahta, population 120,000 in Mohafazat Nabatiye, Lebanon

Navashanaq in Ostan-e Ardabil, Iran
Nggwa'ako in Solomon Islands
Pat Scott Spring, a spring in Cochise County, Arizona
Phillips Hill, a mountain in Cannon County, Tennessee
Prangusan in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Rio Vicuna Pampa, a stream in Provincia de Catamarca, Argentina
Rothen-Berg, a hill in Saarland, Germany
Samson in Departement du Nord, Haiti
Shakamwani, a stream in Central Province, Zambia
Shamilun in Iran
Siteki in Central Java, Indonesia
Solma8 in Solma, Terhathum, Kosi Zone, Eastern Region, Nepal
Taseraouilt in Region de l' Oriental, Morocco
Wolf Creek, a stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska
Zelenaya, a stream in Russia

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