Russia Ukraine Poland Germany United States Czech Republic Belarus France Italy China Romania Hungary Bulgaria United Kingdom India Spain Slovakia Netherlands Vietnam Greece Thailand Brazil Israel Portugal Egypt Latvia Lithuania Estonia Moldova Kazakhstan Canada Serbia Belgium Switzerland Japan Philippines Malaysia Denmark Colombia Austria Iraq Taiwan Sweden Turkey Jordan Sri Lanka South Africa Singapore Slovenia South Korea Finland Norway Mexico Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Indonesia Armenia Australia Argentina Morocco Azerbaijan Georgia Uzbekistan Hong Kong Peru Ireland Nigeria Ecuador Kyrgyzstan Algeria Chile Cyprus Ghana Pakistan Montenegro North Macedonia Bangladesh Bolivia Dominican Republic Tunisia Venezuela New Zealand Albania Luxembourg Cambodia Syria Lebanon Honduras Costa Rica Kenya Guatemala Iceland Malta Palestinian Territory Laos Uruguay Nepal Mongolia United Arab Emirates Seychelles Myanmar Puerto Rico Reunion Tajikistan Panama Libya El Salvador Cuba Guadeloupe Turkmenistan Paraguay Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Martinique Somalia Ethiopia Zimbabwe Nicaragua Cote D'Ivoire Madagascar Kosovo Angola Andorra Benin Antigua and Barbuda Senegal Cameroon Iran Barbados Saudi Arabia Oman Bahamas Belize Democratic Republic of the Congo New Caledonia Gambia Brunei Darussalam Mauritius Monaco Faroe Islands Kuwait Grenada Gibraltar Sudan Liechtenstein Cabo Verde Burkina Faso Macao Togo Lesotho Jersey Mozambique Maldives Curacao Zambia Bhutan Cocos (Keeling) Islands Namibia Gabon Uganda Yemen Mali Norfolk Island Bermuda French Guiana Haiti Rwanda Tanzania Malawi Guam Suriname North Korea Dominica Christmas Island Cayman Islands Mayotte Guinea Afghanistan Equatorial Guinea Saint Helena Palau Comoros Republic of the Congo Mauritania Guernsey U.S. Virgin Islands Timor-Leste Djibouti Greenland Niger Vanuatu Vatican City Chad Bahrain Botswana French Polynesia Guyana Isle of Man Anguilla Liberia Kiribati Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Eritrea San Marino Turks and Caicos Islands Central African Republic Burundi Guinea-Bissau Saint Pierre and Miquelon Montserrat Nauru Pitcairn Islands Fiji British Virgin Islands Caribbean Netherlands Papua New Guinea Falkland Islands Solomon Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Niue Eswatini Cook Islands South Sudan Tonga Aruba Samoa Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 80 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