Uruguayan Bolivians are people born in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

who live in Bolivia, or Bolivian-born people of Uruguayan descent. Many Uruguayan-born persons live in Bolivia, for a number of reasons. Both countries share the

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; the historical origins of both nations is common (part of the

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until the early 19th century); both countries are members of

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, there is no need of special migration documents, and geographical vicinity makes circulation easy. In the decade of the 2010s several Uruguayan investors purchased productive land in Bolivia. There is an Association of Uruguayan Residents in

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia ...

.Uruguayan association in Santa Cruz

Notable people

;Past * Julián Álvarez (1788–1843), lawyer and politician, studied law at the

University of Charcas The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca ( es, Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca; USFX) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universiti ...

Mateo Vidal Mateo Lucas Vidal Medina (17 October 1780 in Montevideo – 8 January 1855 in Buenos Aires) was a Uruguayan priest and politician. Elected deputy to the Assembly of the Year XIII. Later he took part in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Ar ...

(1780-1855), priest and politician, studied divinity at the University of Charcas ;Present * Bryan Aldave, footballer * Juan Daniel Salaberry, footballer

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Notable people

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