Indonesia India Vietnam Pakistan Turkey Philippines Malaysia United States Bangladesh Egypt Algeria Thailand Morocco Brazil Russia Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Tunisia Singapore Nigeria Cambodia Nepal Iraq Kenya United Kingdom Ethiopia Ghana Italy United Arab Emirates Mongolia Peru Germany France South Africa Myanmar Palestinian Territory Madagascar Cote D'Ivoire Poland Jordan Tanzania Netherlands Mexico Yemen Sudan Qatar Argentina Syria Japan Cameroon South Korea Bolivia Laos Romania Canada Australia Venezuela Uganda Spain Albania Israel Zimbabwe Lebanon Oman Libya Senegal Azerbaijan Taiwan Afghanistan Ecuador Colombia Hong Kong Dominican Republic Mozambique Hungary Greece Kuwait Czech Republic Ukraine Botswana Uzbekistan Chile Somalia Switzerland Zambia Mauritius Maldives Jamaica Angola Nicaragua Belgium Sweden Togo Portugal Ireland Namibia Slovakia Malawi Serbia Georgia Bulgaria Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Brunei Darussalam Bahrain Djibouti Guatemala Benin Austria Honduras Kazakhstan Reunion Gabon Mauritania China Guyana New Zealand Burkina Faso Haiti El Salvador Mali Bosnia and Herzegovina Armenia Cuba Guinea Kyrgyzstan Norway Fiji Belarus Croatia Costa Rica Cyprus Uruguay Finland Paraguay Denmark Bhutan Trinidad and Tobago North Macedonia Puerto Rico Cabo Verde Panama Republic of the Congo Niger Tajikistan Lithuania Burundi Timor-Leste Lesotho Mayotte Sierra Leone Papua New Guinea Moldova Latvia Seychelles Martinique Estonia Kosovo Comoros Gambia Luxembourg Guadeloupe Suriname Slovenia French Guiana Liberia Eswatini Malta Belize South Sudan Macao Iran New Caledonia French Polynesia Equatorial Guinea Montenegro Barbados Chad Eritrea Kiribati North Korea Saint Lucia Bahamas Antigua and Barbuda Curacao Sao Tome and Principe Tonga Central African Republic Aruba Northern Mariana Islands Vanuatu Solomon Islands Iceland Dominica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Guam American Samoa Cayman Islands Palau Saint Kitts and Nevis Guinea-Bissau Saint Pierre and Miquelon Guernsey Jersey Aland Islands Faroe Islands Vatican City Saint Barthelemy Turkmenistan Gibraltar British Virgin Islands Micronesia Greenland Andorra Grenada Monaco Uruguay Flag Meaning & Details 76 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