KIDS QUIZ
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
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Lima
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Montevideo
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Santiago
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Quito
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Buenos Aires
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Detailed explanation-1: -Montevideo, principal city and capital of Uruguay. It lies on the north shore of the Río de la Plata estuary.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are at least two explanations for the name Montevideo: The first states that it comes from the Portuguese “Monte vide eu” which means “I see a mountain". The second is that the Spaniards recorded the location of a mountain in a map as “Monte VI De Este a Oeste” meaning “The sixth mountain from east to west".
Detailed explanation-3: -Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1, 319, 108 in an area of 201 square kilometers. Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.