How to identify Uruguay in GeoGuessr?

- The domain is .uy - The language is Spanish - License plates are white - Signs are mounted on white-painted wooden posts; bollards are usually white as well - The entire country is pampa grassland used for cattle and sheep ranching - The Google car looks black - Unlike Argentina, plates do not have a black center - Windbreaks or plantations with neatly aligned trees appear here and there - Some roads have double yellow center lines with white dashes spaced evenly in between

Uruguay

clues 16Regions 19Updated 2023-04-22

Quiz ▾Basics ▾Importance

LanguageSpanish

Driving sideDrives on the right

Domain.uy

Easily confused with:ArgentinaQuizzes for this area:Uruguay State Quiz, Uruguay City Quiz, Area code quiz (Uruguay)

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Clues that work anywhere in this area

Language & Script★★★

The language is Spanish.

License Plate★★★

License plates are close to white.

Watch outArgentine plates look like they have a black band down the middle.

Examples1 2 3See alsoArgentina

By Qqqqqq at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

Signs★★★

Many signs are white-painted lumber with several square holes cut into them.

Examples1 2

Open in Street View2

Bollard★★★

Bollards are mostly white-based. There are also yellow bollards, but their sides are still white.

Examples1

Open in Street View2

Plants & farming★★★

The whole country is covered by grassland called the pampas, where cattle and sheep are raised.

Examples1 2

Photo coming soonPlants & farming

Plants & farming★★★

Windbreaks and plantations show up here and there, sometimes with the same species of tree planted in neat rows. Since it's a flat country with almost no mountains to block the wind, these are likely windbreaks or shelterbelts for livestock.

Examples1 2SourcesLooking back on life in Uruguay

Photo coming soonPlants & farming

Road★★★

The centerline is distinctive — a white line evenly dashed between two solid yellow lines.

Examples1

Commercial Facilities★★★

Most of the oil industry is run by the state-owned ANCAP, so ANCAP gas stations are common in towns.

Watch outArgentina's state-owned oil company is YPF.

Examples1 2SourcesANCAP - UruguaySee alsoArgentina

The ANCAP logo

Google Car★★★

The Google Car appears black here.

Watch outIn South America, a black Google Car could mean Uruguay, Argentina, or Peru.

SourcesCameras and Cars - Metagame GuideSee alsoArgentina Peru

Utility Pole★★★

Mountain-shaped utility poles are also a distinctive Uruguayan feature. Combined with plantations or cattle, they're a good sign of Uruguay.

Sourcesplonkit

Narrowing down the region4

Once you know the area: which part of it

Area Code

Phone area codes narrow down the region

Phone area codes are assigned by region. When a number shows up on a sign, an advert or a van, its leading digits narrow the location down to a part of the country.

Practise with the area code quiz

Coloured by leading digit

Terrain

Landscape★★★

There are only two hilly areas — the north and southeast. Most of the country sits between 0 and 300m elevation, topping out at just 513m.

North: many unpaved areas
Southeast

Examples1 2 3 4

Where

Agriculture

Where Agriculture clues apply3

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barley
rice
plantation

Plants & farming★★★

Farming is concentrated in the southwest, where Soriano and Colonia together account for nearly half of barley and soybean production. If you see fields stretching out, it's worth leaning west.

Examples1 2SourcesUruguay Production

Where

Soybean fields stretching to the horizon (photo shows Mato Grosso, Brazil)

Plants & farming★★★

Flat lowlands divided by narrow earthen dikes into paddies mean rice. Over 70% of rice is grown in the east (Treinta y Tres and elsewhere).

SourcesEncuesta de Arroz zafra 2018/19 - MGAP DIEA (planted area by department)Encuesta de Arroz zafra 2020/21 - MGAP DIEA (planted area by region)

Where

Flooded, flat rice paddies (photo shows Vercelli, Italy)

Plants & farming★★★

Large plantations of eucalyptus or pine planted in a grid within grassland are common in the northeast (Rivera, Tacuarembó) and in the west. There are almost none in the southwest or northwest.

Examples1 2SourcesResultados de la Cartografía Forestal Nacional 2024 - MGAP (planted forest area by department)Área forestada de Uruguay aumentó casi 90% en cinco décadas; los eucaliptos ocupan 80% de la extensión - Búsqueda

Where

Rows of plantation trees beside a road (photo shows Mpumalanga, South Africa)

Narrowing down the city2

Once you know the region: which city or town

Cabo Polonio

Vehicle★★★

In the Cabo Polonio settlement and along the road leading to it, black cars aren't used.

Watch outThe absence of black cars alone isn't reason to rule out places other than Uruguay.

Examples1 2

Where

Isla de Flores

Other★★★

There's an offshore island called Isla de Flores, captured on foot, with a large lighthouse.

Examples1SourcesIsla de Flores

Where

By Matero Uruguayo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Regions

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Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place

One of the smallest countries in South America, almost entirely covered by grasslands known as the Pampas^[ref]

Nearby areas

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