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Montevideo is the capital and largest ___MASK82___ of Uruguay . According to the 2011 census , the ___MASK82___ proper has a population of 1 , 319 , 108 ( about one - third of the country ' s total population ) in an area of . The southernmost capital ___MASK82___ in the Americas , Montevideo is situated in the southern coast of the country , on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata . Lucien Laurent ( 10 December 1907  11 April 2005 ) was a French association football player . He is famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal . The FIFA World Cup , often simply called the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the senior men ' s national teams of the members of "" ( FIFA ), the sport ' s global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War . The current champion is ___MASK10___ , which won its fourth title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil . Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and ___MASK13___ and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless of the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the ___MASK49___ in 1945 , a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction . ___MASK55___ ( English : " Peñarol Athletic Club ")  also known as " Carboneros ", " Aurinegros " and ( familiarly ) " Manyas " is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo . The name " Peñarol " comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo . Throughout its history the club has also participated in other sports , such as basketball and cycling . Its focus has always been on football , a sport in which the club excels , having never been relegated from the top division . A ___MASK82___ proper is the area contained within ___MASK82___ limits . A ___MASK82___ proper is not limited to a ___MASK82___ ; it can describe the complete area of any locality that fits the definition . The United Nations defines the term as "" the single political jurisdiction which contains the historical ___MASK82___ centre ."" Uruguay , officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay , is a country in the southeastern region of South America . It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east , with the Río de la Plata ( River of Silver ) to the south and with the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast . Uruguay is home to an estimated 3 . 42 million people , of whom 1 . 8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest ___MASK82___ , Montevideo . With an area of approximately , Uruguay is geographically the second - smallest nation in South America , only larger in size than Suriname . A " metropolitan area ", sometimes referred to as a " ___MASK54___ area " or just " ___MASK54___ ", is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , sharing industry , infrastructure , and housing . A ___MASK54___ area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is a federal republic in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor ___MASK13___ to the west , the country is also bordered by ___MASK32___ and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of , Argentina is the eighth - largest country in the world , the second largest in Latin America , and the largest Spanish - speaking one . The country is subdivided into twenty - three provinces ( singular " provincia ") and one autonomous city (" ciudad autónoma "), Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . Suriname ( or , also spelled Surinam ), officially known as the Republic of Suriname , is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America . It is bordered by French Guiana to the east , Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south . At just under , it is the smallest country in South America . Suriname has a population of approximately 566 , 000 , most of whom live on the country ' s north coast , in and around the capital and largest ___MASK82___ , ___MASK66___ . Estadio Contador Damiani , formerly Las Acacias , is a football stadium in Montevideo , Uruguay , inaugurated in 1916 and re - built in 1997 . It is used mostly for Peñarol ' s reserves matches . The stadium can hold up to 12 , 000 people . VIP stands and the entrance were taken in 1930 to the stadium Estadio Pocitos , where the first ever goal in World Cup history was scored by the French forward Lucien Laurent . The structure has since been returned to its original location . Estadio Pocitos was a multi - use stadium in Montevideo , Uruguay , that does not exist today . This stadium was mainly used for football matches of the owner club Peñarol from 1921 to 1933 . Iit was demolished later in the 1930s because Peñarol started to play in the Estadio Centenario as its home field , and additionally due to the increasing urbanisation of Montevideo . The first FIFA World Cup goal was scored in this stadium by the French player Laurent . The game was ___MASK48___ against Mexico and was one of the two games that opened the World Cup , the other being held at the same time in Parque Central .