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República Oriental del Uruguay
The Country
Geography:
Uruguay, on the east coast of South America south of Brazil and
east of Argentina. The country consists of a low, rolling plain in the south and
a low plateau in the north. It has a 193 km (120 miles) Atlantic shoreline, a
378 km (235 mile) frontage on the Rio de la Plata, and 435 km (270 mile) on the
Uruguay River, its western boundary.
The country is located between 53° to 58° western geographic longitude and 30° to
35° southern geographic latitude and has an area of 176.215 square kilometres
(68.037 square miles). The latitude and longitude of the capital Montevideo
are
about 56°12' W and 34°54' S.
National History:
Summary Narrative History
| Key Dates: |
| 1516 |
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Juan Díaz de Solís entered the Río de la Plata by mistake and thus discovered
the region. |
| 1520 |
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The Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan cast anchor in a bay of the Río de la
Plata at the site that would become Montevideo. |
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1680 |
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The Portuguese, seeking to expand Brazil's frontier, founded Colonia del
Sacramento on the Río de la Plata, across from Buenos Aires. |
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1726 |
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With the founding of San Felipe de Montevideo, Montevideo became the port and
station of the Spanish fleet in the South Atlantic. |
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1776 |
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The establishment of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, with Buenos Aires
as its capital, took place. Montevideo was authorized to trade directly with
Spain instead of through Buenos Aires.
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| 1807 |
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A 10,000-member British force captured Montevideo in early 1807 and occupied it
until that July, when it left and moved against Buenos Aires. |
| 18 May 1811 |
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Artigas's army won its most important victory against the Spaniards in the
Battle of Las Piedras. |
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June 1814 |
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Montevideo surrendered to the troops of Buenos Aires. |
| 1821 |
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Portuguese Brazil annexed the Banda Oriental as its southernmost Cisplatine
Province. |
| 25 August 1825 |
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Representatives from the Banda Oriental declared independence from Brazil and
its incorporation into the United Provinces of Río de la Plata. |
| 4 October 1828 |
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Uruguay became an independent state. |
| 18 July 1830 |
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The constitution was approved, after having been ratified by Argentina and
Brazil. It established a representative unitary republic--the República Oriental
del Uruguay (Oriental Republic of Uruguay), |
| 1836 |
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The first political groups, known as Colorados and Blancos because of the red
and white hatbands, were formed. |
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1843-52 |
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The Great War centered on the nineyear-long siege of Montevideo. |
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1903 |
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José Batlle y Ordóñez became president. |
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1910 |
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Civic Union of Uruguay (Unión Cívica del Uruguay--UCU) and the Marxist-inspired
Socialist Party of Uruguay (Partido Socialista del Uruguay--PSU) were founded. |
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1931 |
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Gabriel Terra became president. |
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1939 |
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The badly damaged German battleship Graf Spee, cornered by a British
naval force was blown up and scuttled by its own crew just outside the harbor. |
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1943 |
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Juan José Amézaga became president. |
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1952 |
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The new constitution was approved by plebiscite in 1951 and went into effect in
1952. |
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1962 |
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Raúl Antonaccio Sendic, formed the National Liberation Movement-Tupamaros
(Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros--MLN-T), a clandestine urban
guerrilla movement.
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1967 |
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General Oscar Gestido became president. |
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27 June 1973 |
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President Bordaberry dissolved the General Assembly and replaced it with the
Council of State. |
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1981 |
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Retired
Lieutenant General Gregorio Alvarez Armelino became president. |
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November 1999 |
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Jorge Batlle became president. |
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March 2005 |
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Tabaré Vázquez became president. |
Further National Information:
Yahoo Uruguay Page
Columbus World Travel Guide - South America - Uruguay
Library of Congress / Area
Handbook Series / Uruguay
Infoplease - Uruguay
HispanoLink Uruguay
Governments on the WWW: Uruguay
Markings
Civil Aircraft Registrations:
The registration prefix 'CX' is used from 1929 to Present; eg: CX-AAA to CX-ZZZ.
Aircraft Operators
Military Air Arms:
Air Force (Fuerza
Aérea Uruguaya)
Naval Aviation (Aviación
Naval Uruguaya)
Central Government Agencies:
Dirección General de
Infraestructura Aeronáutica (DGIA)
Public Service Aviation:
None at present.
Commercial Aviation:
Aero Uruguay
Aerolineas Uruguayana SA
Aeromás
Aerosur
Air Class Lineas Aereas
Air Euroamerica SA
PLUNA Uruguayan Airlines
Private Aviation:
None at present.
Industry
Aircraft Manufacturers:
None at present
Airfields
Airports, Airfields and Air Bases:
Civil Airports and Airfields-
Artigas
/ Artigas
AP (IATA code: ATI)
Bella Union / Bella
Union AP (IATA code: BUV)
Colonia del Sacramento /
Laguna de los Patos AP (IATA code: CYR)
San Pedro de Durazno /
Santa Bernadina IAP (IATA code: DZO)
Melo / Cerro Largo
IAP (IATA code: MLZ)
Montevideo /
Carrasco IAP (IATA code: MVD)
Punta del Este / Maldonado /
El Jaguel IAP (IATA code: PDP)
Paysandu / Tydeo
Larre Borges IAP (IATA code: PDU)
Rivera / Oscar S.
Gestido AP (IATA code: RVY)
Salto / Salto Nueva
Hesperides AP (IATA code: STY)
Tacuarembo /
Tacuarembo AP (IATA code: TAW)
Treinta y Tres /
Treinta y Tres AP (IATA code: TYT)
Vichadero /
Vichadero AP (IATA code: VCH)
Military Air Bases and Airfields-
Military Air Bases Listing
On Show
Aviation Museum:
Museo Aeronáutico "Cnel. Jaime Meregalli",
Av. Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga S/N, Montevideo
Media
Aviation-Related Magazines:
None at present.
Aviation Bibliography: Armed Forces of Latin America (Adrian English)
Latin American Military Aviation
(John Andrade)
Latin American Air Wars and Aircraft
1912-1969 (Dan Hagedorn)
Air Arsenal North America (Phil Butler)
World Air Forces Directory (Ian Carroll)
Military Balance (IISS)
World Air Power Journal No.31 p. 154-157
Web Links:
Ministerio de Defensa Nacional
The Latin American Aviation
Historical Society
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