Philippines United States Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Singapore Norway Canada Japan Hong Kong United Kingdom Italy Qatar Australia Taiwan Ireland Kuwait South Africa South Korea Malaysia India Belgium Spain Bahrain Germany New Zealand China France Netherlands Macao Thailand Oman Israel Lebanon Guam Brunei Darussalam Russia Morocco Indonesia Jordan Denmark Sweden Greece Nigeria Austria Switzerland Brazil Algeria Vietnam Finland Egypt Papua New Guinea Turkey Cyprus Northern Mariana Islands Czech Republic Cambodia Pakistan Yemen Libya Iraq Ukraine Romania Cayman Islands Reunion Maldives Portugal Iceland Poland Sudan Mexico Malta Bermuda Bulgaria Angola Tunisia Micronesia Bahamas Palau Sri Lanka Bangladesh Laos Isle of Man American Samoa Afghanistan Latvia Ghana Croatia Kenya Colombia Seychelles Argentina Aruba Mozambique Hungary Lithuania Myanmar Chile British Indian Ocean Territory Haiti Luxembourg Monaco Tanzania Venezuela Marshall Islands Panama Suriname Mongolia Kazakhstan Serbia Costa Rica Puerto Rico Zambia Andorra Trinidad and Tobago New Caledonia Honduras Albania Jamaica Peru Senegal Cote D'Ivoire Uganda Mauritius Equatorial Guinea Syria Georgia Palestinian Territory Liberia Guernsey Lesotho Democratic Republic of the Congo British Virgin Islands Ecuador Greenland Fiji Barbados Nepal Azerbaijan Uzbekistan Slovenia Ethiopia Madagascar Curacao Timor-Leste Turks and Caicos Islands Saint Lucia Estonia Armenia Dominican Republic Antigua and Barbuda Djibouti Zimbabwe French Polynesia Belarus Guatemala Botswana Vanuatu Mauritania Solomon Islands Slovakia Benin El Salvador Gabon Eswatini Belize Cameroon Bosnia and Herzegovina North Macedonia United States Minor Outlying Islands Anguilla Uruguay Faroe Islands Tajikistan U.S. Virgin Islands Liechtenstein Kyrgyzstan South Sudan Namibia Republic of the Congo Gibraltar Guyana Somalia Rwanda Nicaragua Saint Kitts and Nevis Sierra Leone Samoa Moldova Burkina Faso Bhutan Martinique Gambia Cook Islands Montenegro Iran Cabo Verde Vatican City Sint Maarten Guinea Malawi Jersey Bolivia Aland Islands Guadeloupe Grenada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Niger Tonga Netherlands Antilles Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 5 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