Uruguay                        to Jan 1813                   Jan 1813 - Jan 1814               4 Feb 1815 - 26 Mar 1815              26 Mar 1815 - 24 May 1816               24 May 1816 - 20 Jan 1817                20 Jan 1817 - 7 Sep 1822               7 Sep 1822 - 25 Aug 1825           1825 - 27 Aug 1828 (in rebellion)              25 Aug 1825 - 18 Dec 1828               27 Aug 1828 - 18 Dec 1828               18 Dec 1828 - 11 Jul 1830                  Adopted 11 Jul 1830   Map of Uruguay Hear National Anthem "Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!" (Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!) Text of National Anthem Anthem adopted 1845 Constitution  (Feb 1967; in Spanish) Capital: Montevideo Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU)  National Holiday: 25 Aug (1825) Independence Day Population: 3,460,607 (2007) GDP: $37.54 billion (2006) Exports: $3.93 billion (2006) Imports: $4.53 billion (2006) Ethnic groups: white 94.5%, mestizo 3.1%, mulatto 2%, other 0.4% (2000) Total Armed Forces: 24,000 (2003) Merchant marine: 13 ships (2006) Religions: Roman Catholic 78.2%, Protestant 3.3%, other Christian 5.3%, Jewish 1.2%, non-religious/atheist 6.3%, other 5.7% (2000) International Organizations/Treaties: ANT, APM, BTWC, CAN (associate), CSN, CTBT, ENMOD, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, KP, LAES, LAIA, LU, Mercosur, MIGA, NAM (observer), NPT, NTBT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SEGIB, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Uruguay Index Chronology   1680                       Portuguese colony (Nova Colônia do Sacramento). 1683                       Spanish occupation. 1683 -  1 Oct 1777         Nova Colônia do Sacramento a Portuguese colony                              (abandoned 1705-1715). 24 Dec 1726                Spanish found San Filipe de Montevideo                               (in 1751 raised to a province; subordinated                              to Río de la Palta [see Argentina]).  1 Oct 1777                Incorporated into Río de la Plata by Treaty of                              San Ildefonso.  3 Feb 1807 -  9 Sep 1807  British occupation of Montevideo. 1811 - 1816                Independence rebellion. Dec 1811 - Mar 1812        Portuguese/Brazilian occupation. 18 Jul 1821 - 25 Aug 1825  Annexed to Brazil as Província Cisplatina                               (Cisplatine province). 25 Aug 1825                Independence from Brazil and reincorporation into                               United Provinces of the Río de la Plata declared                              (Provincia Oriental del Río de la Plata¹,                               also styled Province of Montevideo)                              (see Argentina).  8 Mar 1826 - 17 Aug 1827  Provincial autonomy interrupted by United                               Provinces government.  1 Dec 1828                Secession from United Provinces                               (State of Montevideo). 18 Jul 1830                República Oriental del Uruguay¹ (before 1919 also                                styled Estado Oriental del Uruguay¹). Nova Colônia do Sacramento (1683-1777)

Chairmen of the National Council of Administration
 1 Mar 1919 -  1 Mar 1921  Feliciano Alberto Viera Borges     (s.a.)               PC-V
 1 Mar 1921 -  1 Mar 1923  José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y       (s.a.)               PC
                             Ordóñez (1st time) 
 1 Mar 1923 -  1 Mar 1925  Julio María Sosa Debrus            (b. 1879 - d. 1931)  PC
 1 Mar 1925 -  1 Mar 1927  Luis Alberto de Herrera Quevedo    (b. 1873 - d. 1959)  PN
 1 Mar 1927 - 16 Feb 1928  José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y       (s.a.)               PC
                             Ordóñez (2nd time) 
16 Feb 1928 -  1 Mar 1929  Luis Carlos Caviglia Bellini       (b. 1874 - d. 1951)  PC
 1 Mar 1929 -  1 Mar 1931  Baltasar Brum Rodríguez            (s.a.)               PC
 1 Mar 1931 -  1 Mar 1933  Juan Pedro Fabini Bianchi          (b. 1876 - d. 1962)  PC
 1 Mar 1933 - 31 Mar 1933  Antonio Rubio Pérez                (b. 1882 - d. 1953)  PC 

   16 Feb 1843 -  8 Oct 1851

     Oribe's flag in rebellion

Territorial Disputes: In Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has the legal right to stop such construction with potential environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina. 

Party abbreviations: PC = Partido Colorado (Colorado Party, liberal with right-wing conservative); PN = Partido Nacional "Blanco" (National Party "Whites", conservative with centerist wing); UF = Union Frente amplista (Broad Front Union, leftist); 
Mil = Military;
- Former parties: CNG = National Ruling Council (collegiate body formed by PN and PC; PC retained the majority in the 1st and 2nd CNG's 1 Mar 1952-1 Mar 1959; while PN in the 3rd and 4th CNG's 1 Mar 1959 - 1 Mar 1967); PC-V = Partido Colorado-Vierismo (Colorado Party-Vierismo, PC dissidents); UL = Unión Liberal (Liberal Union)

    1683 - 1705, 1715 - 1777

Governors
1683 - 1689                Cristóvão Dornelas de Abreu
1689 - 1699                Francisco Naper Lencastre
1699 - 1705                Sebastião da Veiga Cabral
1705 - 1715                Abandoned
1715 - 1721                Manuel Gomes Barbosa
1721 - 1749                António Pedro de Vasconcelos
1749 - 1760                Luís Garcia de Bivar
1760 - 1763                Vicente da Silva Fonseca
1763 - 1775                Pedro José Soare de Figueiredo Sarmento
1775 - 1777                Francisco José da Rocha