Uruguay
Adopted1830
Design classSun Emblem
RegionSouth America
Blue and white stripes with the Sun of May.
History and symbolism
Nine stripes of white and blue, for the nine departments of the era, flank the golden Sun of May with a face, the sun of the revolution of 1810 shared with the Argentine banner.
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