Named after one of its rivers, meaning “river of the painted birds,” this tiny country hosts nearly half of its population in the capital of Montevideo. Name that Latin American nation.

Named after Uruguay River – a.k.a. the “river of the painted birds" – Uruguay is condensed into the capital. Montevideo is home to 1.4 million people (2017), nearly half of the country’s population of around 3.5 million (2017) – a population that’s so low, its cattle outnumbers its people, four to one. And if you hate climbing, the lowland’s highest point is only 1,684 feet above sea level, Cerro Catedral.

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