uruguay | leadername | tabaré_vázquez <tsp> alfredo_zitarrosa | birthplace | uruguay <sep> uruguay ( (listen) yoor-ə-gwy, spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] (listen)), officially the oriental republic of uruguay or the eastern republic of uruguay (spanish: república oriental del uruguay), is a country in south america it shares borders with argentina to its west and southwest and brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the río de la plata to the south and the atlantic ocean to the southeast it is part of the southern cone region of south america uruguay covers an area of approximately 181,034 square kilometers (69,898 sq mi) and has a population of an estimated 3,507,384 of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, montevideo the area that became uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago 
alfredo zitarrosa was born in tabaré vázquez led uruguay.uruguay is officially the oriental republic of uruguay or the eastern republic of uruguay