Introduction, see Netherlands for a good example of this
Subdivisions
Uruguay is divided into 19 departments, or departamentos:
- Artigas
- Canelones
- Cerro Largo
- Colonia
- Durazno
- Flores
- Florida
- Lavalleja
- Maldonado
- Montevideo
- Paysandú
- Río Negro
- Rivera
- Rocha
- Salto
- San José (de Mayo)
- Soriano
- Tacuarembó
- Treinta y Tres
License Plates
See Norway or Portugal for a good example of this
Phone Codes
Although phone codes were deprecated in Bolivia, they are still built into the current number format. All except Montevideo are prefixed with a four (4), and are organized by city corresponding to the departments as follows:
- South
- Canelones
- San José de Mayo
- Durazno
- Florida
- Flores
- East
- Maldonado
- Rocha
- Treinta y Tres
- Lavalleja
- Southwest
- Colonia
- Soriano
- Río Negro
- Northeast
- Rivera
- Tacuarembó
- Cerro Largo
- Northwest
- Artigas
- Salto
- Paysandú
Montevideo is the exception to the pattern, with phone numbers beginning with a two (2) without the prefixed four (4).
Roads, Markings, and Signage
Haven't finalized the format of this, but feel free to take a crack at it, and suggest what you think is good :)
Highways & Road Numbering Schemes
See Netherlands or Portugal for a good example of this
Geography
New section that I had forgotten about. We need an example for this.
Architecture
Haven't done anything on this yet, Simi's the expert
Language
Spanish is the national language of Uruguay, and is the language you will encounter most often. It is characterized by its use of the tilde on top of an N, and the use of inverted punctuation at the beginning of phrases.
Script
Spanish uses the 26 standard letters of the Latin alphabet, plus one extra character (Ññ):
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq
Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
In addition, Spanish employs the acute accent over vowels:
Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú
Spanish is also notable for using inverted exclamation and question marks at the beginning of their respective phrases:
¡...!
¿...?
Sample
Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia, deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.
Meta-Gaming
Anything specifically related to Street View goes here, including coverage, Google car, rifts, etc.