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Uruguay Flag
Uruguay's national flag combines a white field with four blue horizontal stripes and a white canton containing the Sun of May. The design produces nine...
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About Uruguay and its flag
Uruguay's national flag combines a white field with four blue horizontal stripes and a white canton containing the Sun of May. The design produces nine alternating horizontal bands in total, while the bright golden sun in the upper hoist corner gives the flag its most distinctive feature.
Flag design and meaning
Four blue horizontal stripes divide a white field into nine alternating bands. In the upper hoist corner, a white canton carries the Sun of May. The flag has no central shield, so recognition depends on the combination of the evenly spaced blue stripes and the sun placed only in the canton.
- Sun of May and blue-striped field: The Parliamentary Library record defines the Sun of May and striped arrangement as components of the national flag, but does not assign individual symbolic meanings to the colours or elements in the evidence used here.
History and adoption
The present arrangement follows the 1828 law and the 1830 reform recorded by Uruguay's Parliamentary Library. These legal milestones set out the design's development during the formation of the Uruguayan state. This account stays with the documented framework and does not attach unsupported symbolic meanings to its colours.
How to recognise this flag
- Find the golden sun in the upper-left white canton, then check for four narrow blue stripes across the rest of the flag.
- Uruguay differs from Argentina because its sun sits in a canton and the field is divided by blue horizontal stripes.
Uruguay flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the Uruguay flag is currently grouped as medium difficulty for quiz progression.
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