South America · DX entity · DXCC 144

Uruguay

Uruguay is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 13 and ITU zone 14. Its primary prefix is CX.

Flag of Uruguay.

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Figure 1. Uruguay and its departments, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.005133 degrees, about 571 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 32.5° S 55.8° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	144
Name in the ADIF standard	URUGUAY
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	CX
CQ zone	13
ITU zone	14

Prefixes

CX is the primary prefix. The country files list 3 prefixes and prefix blocks for Uruguay.

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CX CV CW

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.