Uruguay

The smallest independent state in South America, extending from latitude 30? to 35 degrees S. and from longitude 53? to 58? 30' W., lies south of the Province of R?o Grande do Sul, Brazil, and east of the R?o Uruguay, hence its local name, Banda Oriental, given in the old Spanish days. Its boundaries are; west, the R?o Uruguay; south the R?o Uruguay, south the R?o de la Plata, which separate it from the Argentine Republic for a distance of 425 miles, south also and east, the Atlantic ocean for 200 miles, and Lago Mirim, a lagoon dividing Uruguay from the southeast of Brazil. The northern boundary, 450 miles in extent, was definitively settled by treaty with Brazil on 15 May, 1852, as the R?o Quarim, the Cuchilla de Santa Ana to the R?o San Luis, thence to the R?o Jaguar?o, and the western shore of Lago Mirim. Uruguay's greatest length is about 350 and breadth 300 miles, and its area 72,170 square miles, approximately six times the size of Belgium, or double the size of the State of Indiana, U.S.A. The capital, Montevideo (properly San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo) is situated in latitude 34 degrees 54' S. and longitude 58? 32' W. +