Montevideo at a glance
Montevideo is listed as the capital of Uruguay. A capital is the city associated with a country’s central government and national institutions, although the exact distribution of government functions can vary from one country to another.
For learners, the pair Uruguay — Montevideo is a useful anchor: it connects a country name to a real place and makes regional geography easier to organize.
Part of Latin America & Caribbean
Uruguay is grouped in the Latin America & Caribbean region in our source data. Regional groupings help readers compare nearby countries, but they can differ between organizations depending on whether the purpose is geographic, economic or statistical.
Use the related profiles below to compare capitals from the same broad region, then return to the quiz to see which pairs stayed with you.
A simple memory practice
Read the country and capital aloud, hide the answer, and recall it once after a minute and again tomorrow. Spaced recall is more useful than rereading the same line many times.