United States Czech Republic Germany United Kingdom France India Slovakia Italy Canada Russia Poland Australia Netherlands China Turkey Spain Switzerland Brazil Belgium Japan Sweden Austria Romania South Africa Greece Hungary Norway Mexico Vietnam South Korea Ireland Finland Ukraine Denmark Thailand Portugal Argentina Malaysia Israel Singapore Serbia New Zealand Pakistan Bulgaria Hong Kong Lithuania Philippines Croatia Taiwan Slovenia Egypt Bangladesh Chile Estonia Colombia Latvia Indonesia Sri Lanka Georgia Peru Belarus Cyprus Algeria Luxembourg Iraq Nigeria Venezuela Morocco Bosnia and Herzegovina United Arab Emirates Kazakhstan Ecuador Myanmar Lebanon Kenya Costa Rica Moldova Armenia Jordan Malta Tunisia Azerbaijan Albania Qatar Iceland North Macedonia Nepal Uruguay Syria Puerto Rico Bolivia Reunion Oman Iran Mauritius Dominican Republic Montenegro Guatemala Bahrain Kuwait Trinidad and Tobago Mongolia Ghana El Salvador Cuba Panama Palestinian Territory Namibia Martinique Uzbekistan Paraguay Afghanistan Maldives Cambodia Mozambique Honduras Zimbabwe Macao Ethiopia Jamaica Uganda Tanzania Kyrgyzstan Angola Libya Bahamas Madagascar Brunei Darussalam Guadeloupe New Caledonia Senegal Faroe Islands Botswana Zambia Jersey Isle of Man Barbados Suriname Cameroon Cote D'Ivoire Sudan Fiji French Polynesia Liechtenstein Laos Monaco French Guiana Yemen Bermuda Northern Mariana Islands Guernsey Guam Papua New Guinea Seychelles Nicaragua Haiti Turkmenistan Democratic Republic of the Congo Saudi Arabia Gibraltar Guyana Gabon Curacao Aland Islands Malawi Mali Belize Rwanda Kosovo Tajikistan Somalia Cayman Islands Saint Lucia Benin Niger Togo Caribbean Netherlands Timor-Leste Djibouti Antigua and Barbuda Andorra U.S. Virgin Islands Dominica Lesotho Mauritania Saint Martin Saint Barthelemy United States Minor Outlying Islands Liberia Aruba Burundi Turks and Caicos Islands Burkina Faso Greenland Sint Maarten Cook Islands Gambia Solomon Islands Bhutan American Samoa South Sudan Sierra Leone Republic of the Congo Cabo Verde Mayotte Guinea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Kitts and Nevis Eswatini Eritrea Kiribati San Marino Grenada North Korea British Virgin Islands British Indian Ocean Territory Samoa Micronesia Norfolk Island Sao Tome and Principe Tonga Falkland Islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 171 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