UY

Geography & Places abbreviation · Country Code

UY
Stands forUruguay
CategoriesGeography & Places

UY stands for Uruguay, a country code abbreviation.

Uruguay, capital Montevideo, alpha-3 URY, hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 and in 2013 became the first country to fully legalize recreational cannabis.

Example: Beef exports from UY carry traceability tags for every animal.

Usage notes

Sports bodies use URU. Uruguay gets nearly all its electricity from renewable sources. The peso trades as UYU.

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