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Capital of Uruguay
The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo. The largest, Montevideo, has around 1,302,954 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALMontevideo
POPULATION1,302,954
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Montevideo1,302,954 people
In context
Where Montevideosits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MMontevideo is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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