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Central Bank of Uruguay

Central Banks and Monetary Authorities

The Central Bank of Uruguay is Uruguay's monetary authority, established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity and headquartered in the Ciudad Vieja district of Montevideo. Wholly state-owned, it manages the Uruguayan peso, issues currency, conducts monetary policy, supervises the banking system, and serves as the government's fiscal agent in international financial organizations, holding international reserves of about 15.16 billion dollars; it also maintains a numismatic museum at its headquarters.

Facts
Founding YearSourced to the subject's own account
1967 1
Founding DateSourced to the subject's own account
1967-07-06 1
HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account
Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay 1
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Uruguay 2
Wikidata Q4504285, property P17 (country).
Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account
Central Bank 1
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Sources
1. Central Bank of Uruguay (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • History section, founding paragraph
    The Central Bank of Uruguay was established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity (Spanish: Ente Autónomo), with the passing of the 196th article of the Constitution of 1967.
  • History section, headquarters paragraph
    The headquarters of the Central Bank in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo houses the numismatic museum, in which both Uruguayan coins and banknotes from the Banco de la República and the Central Bank, as well as foreign ones, are exhibited.
  • Introduction, institution-subtype
    The Central Bank of Uruguay is Uruguay's monetary authority, established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity and headquartered in the Ciudad Vieja district of Montevideo.
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2. Wikidata
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata: Central Bank of Uruguay
Wikidata Q4504285, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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