When it comes to South American football, Argentina and Brazil first come to mind, so who is the third strongest team on the South American continent outside of the South American duo? That has to be Uruguayan.
Flag of Uruguay
But outside of football, ordinary people know very little about Uruguay. Uruguay, whose full name is the Republic of Uruguay, is a country located in the southeast of South America, with the football powerhouse "Brazil" to the north, Argentina known as the "Pampas Eagle" to the west, and the endless Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay has a land area of about 180,000 square kilometers and a coastline of about 600 kilometers, and if you look at Uruguay on a map, you will find that it is a country carved out of Brazil and Argentina.
Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America but the richest country in South America, Uruguay's per capita GDP in 2018 reached 18,772 US dollars, close to the threshold of developed countries, 30% higher than Chile, the second largest in South America, exceeding the continent's per capita CDP., with a population of only 3.45 million, less than a city of Xiamen. Among them, whites account for 90.8%, mainly descendants of immigrants from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and other European countries, because of European ancestry, coupled with the nourishment of the temperate climate of South America, Uruguayan women are generally tall and fair-skinned, known as the "country of beautiful women". And Uruguayan women are generally very open and enthusiastic and very willing to talk to strangers. Uruguayan women have the highest sense of happiness in the world, because there has never been patriarchy in the history of Uruguay, so no matter what contradictions occur in Uruguay, everyone will not think about gender equality, but talk about things, so women are very easy to get happiness.
But one thing to be careful about is not to give hats to married women, because hats are the right of unmarried women in Uruguay, once married you cannot wear hats, if you give a hat to a married woman will make her think that you do not respect her.
Although Uruguay's population is not large, but the aging of the world's 14-year-old children to the elderly ratio is 14:1, and Uruguay has reached 2:1, which also means that Uruguay's elderly population has far exceeded most countries in the world. By 2050, Uruguay will experience an even more serious ageing population, with more than a quarter of the country's elderly population accounting for more than a quarter of the population.
Uruguay's economy is dominated by agricultural exports, mainly meat, wool, aquatic products, leather and rice. The industry is mainly the processing industry of agricultural and animal husbandry products. The service industry accounts for a relatively high proportion of the national economy, mainly in finance, tourism, logistics and transportation.
In addition, Uruguayan amethyst and agate and other characteristic products are particularly famous internationally. In particular, almost all provinces in the central region have a large number of proven iron ore resources, because of the Atlantic Ocean, the coastal areas have very developed fisheries.
Uruguayans attach great importance to education and the overall quality of education throughout the country is very high, thanks to the fact that Uruguay has truly made school free of charge, and school attendance in Uruguay is free of all fees and students are not charged for any reason. Seeing a doctor in Uruguay is almost costless, and the medical level in Uruguay is the highest in the entire South American region, and neighboring countries have to go to Uruguay if they have any difficult diseases.
After talking about education and health care, let's talk about Uruguayan food, if you ask a hundred Uruguayans what their favorite food is, at least 90 of them will tell you that their favorite food is beef, and almost everyone in Uruguay loves beef.
Even some people will refuse to eat if there is no beef on the table, Uruguayans eat seven taels of beef a day, and because it is meat, there are many ways to eat beef in Uruguay, but the most popular thing for Uruguayans is boiled beef.
As a football powerhouse, Uruguay has always exported outstanding football players to the world, most of whom play for major European giants, including European giants such as Paris Saint-Germain FC in France, FC Barcelona in Spain, Juventus Club in Italy and so on. Stars such as Barrera, Francisco Franciscoli, Luis Suarez and Federico Valverde are all top players known all over the world.
In this small country with a population of just over 3 million, a large number of high-quality players are exported to internationally famous clubs, which shows the high level of football in Uruguay.
Although it is a small country in South America, Uruguayans are very nourished, with a mild climate, stable society, relatively developed economy and good social welfare, making this small country a rare paradise in South America.