Flag of Uruguay

Uruguay

The National Pavilion (Official), The Sun and Stripes (Nickname)
Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	July 11, 1830
Design	Nine horizontal stripes of white alternate with light blue with the white square on the upper hoist-side corner bearing the Sun of May in the center.
Designed by	Joaquín Suárez the first head of state of Uruguay in December 1828 and President of Uruguay 1843-1852.

The national flag of Uruguay (Spanish: Pabellón Nacional) is one of the three official flags of Uruguay alongside with the Flag of Artigas and the Flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on December 16, 1828, and had 19 stripes until July 11, 1830, when a new law reduced the number of stripes to nine. The flag was designed by Joaquín Suárez.

Symbolism and design

The horizontal stripes on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, based on the U.S. flag, where the stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The first flag designed in 1828 had 9 light blue stripes; this number was reduced to 4 in 1830 due to visibility problems from distance. The Sun of May represents the May Revolution of 1810; according to the historian Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May is a figurative sun that represents Inti, the sun god of the Inca religion. It also appears in the Flag of Argentina and the Coat of Arms of Bolivia.

Colors scheme

	Yellow	Brown	Blue	White
RGB	252-209-22	123-63-0	0-56-168	255-255-255
Hexadecimal	#fcd116ff	#7b3f00ff	#0038a8ff	#FFFFFF
CMYK	0-17-91-1	0-49-100-52	100-67-0-34	0-0-0-0

Historical banners

During Spanish rule:

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Flag of Cisplatina, under Brazilian occupation between 1821 and 1825:

Uruguayan independence: Template:Begin flag gallery Template:Flag entry

Variations

During the Great Siege of Montevideo (1843-1851) Uruguay had two parallel governments, with two different flags:

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  Flag used by the Government of the Cerrito during the Uruguayan Civil War.
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  Flag used by the Government of the Defense during the Uruguayan Civil War.

Gallery

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  Flag in the historical Estadio Centenario, Montevideo.
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  Flag in the Estadio Centenario
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  Flag in Colonia del Sacramento
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  Sun of May
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  Flag in the Palacio Legislativo
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  Historical Flag from the 1924 Olympic Games
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  Flag in Otranto

External links

• Uruguay at Flags of the World