Indonesia Brazil Egypt Turkey Thailand Italy United States Vietnam Japan Germany Argentina Russia Malaysia South Korea France Spain Poland United Kingdom Portugal Algeria Serbia Ukraine Greece Peru Colombia Chile Morocco Romania India Croatia Tunisia Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Mexico Hong Kong Hungary Czech Republic Singapore Netherlands Georgia Saudi Arabia China Venezuela Bulgaria Ecuador Uruguay Canada Belgium Iraq North Macedonia Australia Azerbaijan Jordan Palestinian Territory Belarus Albania Austria Slovakia Iran Kazakhstan Armenia Ghana Sweden Ireland Pakistan United Arab Emirates Philippines Switzerland Nigeria South Africa Costa Rica Senegal Denmark Slovenia Bangladesh Sudan Lithuania Reunion Taiwan Bolivia Finland Montenegro Honduras Guatemala Nepal Madagascar Libya Moldova Paraguay Laos El Salvador Syria Kuwait Panama Qatar Lebanon Jamaica Norway Mauritius Cambodia Bahrain Cyprus Monaco Martinique Trinidad and Tobago Maldives Oman Estonia Cote D'Ivoire Cameroon New Zealand Latvia Yemen Macao Mongolia Kenya Malta Angola Kyrgyzstan Brunei Darussalam Uzbekistan Myanmar Mozambique Nicaragua Iceland Guadeloupe Tanzania Afghanistan Botswana Sri Lanka Zimbabwe French Guiana Dominican Republic Barbados Luxembourg Namibia Suriname Niger Haiti Uganda Cabo Verde Ethiopia Burkina Faso Cuba Mayotte Saint Lucia Gabon Zambia Mauritania Timor-Leste Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Tajikistan Democratic Republic of the Congo Togo Puerto Rico Kosovo Dominica Malawi Rwanda Benin Grenada Bhutan Mali Djibouti Saint Kitts and Nevis New Caledonia Fiji Seychelles Belize Guyana Antigua and Barbuda French Polynesia Somalia Liberia Guinea Jersey Curacao Republic of the Congo Netherlands Antilles Bahamas San Marino Gibraltar British Virgin Islands Turkmenistan Burundi Lesotho Gambia Andorra Saint Martin Eswatini Guernsey Vanuatu Isle of Man Comoros Sao Tome and Principe Aruba Equatorial Guinea Northern Mariana Islands Liechtenstein Cayman Islands Bermuda Sierra Leone Guam Papua New Guinea U.S. Virgin Islands Micronesia Caribbean Netherlands Vatican City Chad Aland Islands Greenland Solomon Islands Faroe Islands Guinea-Bissau Samoa North Korea Saint Barthelemy Kiribati Turks and Caicos Islands Marshall Islands Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 6,845 VISITORS FROM HERE! Uruguay Flag Flag Information nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face (delineated in black) known as the Sun of May with 16 rays that alternate between triangular and wavy the stripes represent the nine original departments of Uruguay the sun symbol evokes the legend of the sun breaking through the clouds on 25 May 1810 as independence was first declared from Spain (Uruguay subsequently won its independence from Brazil) the sun features are said to represent those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun note: the banner was inspired by the national colors of Argentina and by the design of the US flag
Learn more about Uruguay »
Source: CIA - The World Factbook