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HISTORICAL FACTS: Montevideo celebrates disputed 300 year anniversary - Caught on Camera

Montevideo is home to half of Uruguay's 3.4 million people

Uruguay's capital Montevideo celebrates its 300th birthday starting with a music concert this weekend, even as the actual date of the city's founding has become the subject of political disagreement.

For the leftist government of the city that is home to half of Uruguay's 3.4 million people, there is no doubt Montevideo was officially founded on January 20, 1724.

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