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Uruguay Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 3,248   Population 2000 (UN '000) 3,337
Area (km2) 173,985   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 96
Number of Administrative Units 19   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 171
Number of Urban Extents 40   Number of Settlement Points 106

Uruguay Details

Names
ISO3-Code URY
Continent South America
Country Name Uruguay
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 1.0
Leve1 Type Departmento
Number of Units 19
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 171
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 3,046
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 3,144
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 3,248
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 3,106
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 3,218
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 3,337
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 173,985
Average Input Resolution (km) 96
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 106
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,421,398
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,013
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 24,012
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 40
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 1,461
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 7
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 121
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 4,828
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,822,452
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,147
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 70,973
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,838,923
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 3%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 85%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 92%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 68
Regression-estimated Extents 18
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, INE, Censos de Poblacion 1985 y 1996.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Servicio Geografico Militar. 1992. Mapa de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, Carta Geografica Division Politica. Escala: 1:500000. Prepared by the Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical (CIAT).
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1996 Uruguay Census, 1996 Uruguay Census; CELADE, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
NIMA
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Cities as officially defined.
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