United States Germany Turkey France Brazil Vietnam Russia Ireland Canada Spain India Singapore Thailand South Korea United Kingdom Indonesia Romania Netherlands Cambodia Pakistan Japan Iran North Macedonia Mexico Italy Ukraine Australia Morocco Colombia Malaysia Venezuela Albania Dominican Republic Switzerland Belgium Austria Argentina China Serbia Peru Poland Hong Kong Bulgaria Bangladesh Algeria Egypt Taiwan Israel Philippines Tunisia Czech Republic Saudi Arabia Finland Chile Portugal Greece Ecuador Sweden Hungary United Arab Emirates Denmark Azerbaijan Nepal Belarus Luxembourg Nigeria Sri Lanka Kazakhstan Lithuania Norway Jordan South Africa Moldova Latvia Palestinian Territory Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Panama Slovakia Qatar Uruguay Georgia Iraq Slovenia Armenia Cyprus Estonia Iceland Costa Rica New Zealand Honduras Seychelles Jamaica Kuwait Kenya Bahrain Libya Kosovo Guatemala Nicaragua Malta Bolivia Ghana Puerto Rico El Salvador Oman Paraguay Uzbekistan Trinidad and Tobago Senegal Myanmar Curacao Tajikistan Lebanon Kyrgyzstan Tanzania Reunion Yemen Montenegro Mauritius Cote D'Ivoire Cameroon Madagascar Belize Laos Mongolia Syria Angola British Virgin Islands Liechtenstein Zimbabwe Brunei Darussalam Sudan Barbados Turkmenistan Mozambique French Guiana Ethiopia Haiti Namibia Isle of Man Maldives Guadeloupe Martinique Benin Bahamas Suriname Uganda Togo U.S. Virgin Islands Cuba Afghanistan Dominica Monaco Jersey Guyana Rwanda Zambia Malawi Papua New Guinea Andorra Turks and Caicos Islands Gabon Niger Saint Martin Cayman Islands Saint Lucia Macao Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mauritania Guernsey Grenada Sao Tome and Principe Bermuda Montserrat Guam Fiji Netherlands Antilles Djibouti Gibraltar Aruba Saint Pierre and Miquelon Cabo Verde Antigua and Barbuda Faroe Islands French Polynesia Botswana Bhutan Burundi Liberia Republic of the Congo Burkina Faso New Caledonia Guinea Somalia Aland Islands Democratic Republic of the Congo Anguilla Gambia Eswatini Saint Kitts and Nevis Mali Northern Mariana Islands Vatican City Vanuatu Sierra Leone Marshall Islands Caribbean Netherlands Falkland Islands Greenland American Samoa San Marino Eritrea South Sudan Antarctica Sint Maarten Equatorial Guinea Lesotho Chad North Korea Mayotte Christmas Island Solomon Islands Tuvalu Central African Republic Norfolk Island Nauru Micronesia Kiribati Cocos (Keeling) Islands Niue Tokelau Guinea-Bissau Samoa Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 2,011 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