Flag Of Uruguay

Moreover the upper left part of the flag is adorned by so called sun of may with human face and sixteen rays eight straight and eight wavy.

Flag of uruguay. Joaquín suárez de rondelo who was the head of state. The sun of may has been used as a national symbol since the 19th century. The flag shown above is the main national flag however the flag above and both flags below are displayed on all government building. The flag s width to length ratio is 2 to 3.

Pabellón nacional is one of the three official flags of uruguay along 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. Uruguay officially the eastern republic of uruguay was a spanish colony until 1811. The stripes represented the nine original departments the subdivisions of uruguay an idea taken from the usa flag. The flag of uruguay consists of nine horizontal stripes where four of them are blue and five are white.

This flag is the national flag and national emblem and is one of the three national flags of uruguay. In the upper left corner there is a yellow sun with a white background. Second uruguayan flag with sun canton december 1828 by francisco gregoric 14 jul 2004. The flag of uruguay was adopted on july 11th 1830 when the number of stripes in the flag was reduced from 17 to 9.

The national flag of uruguay spanish. As part of the united provinces of the río de la plata formed in 1816 the banda oriental which would eventually become the country known as uruguay was originally under the blue white blue horizontally striped flag raised by general manuel belgrano in 1812. The canton is white charged with the sun of may from which 16 rays extend alternating between triangular and wavy. 103715362 uruguayan flag waving in the wind on blue sky background.

The sun of may has been used as a national symbol since the 19th century. Add to likebox 93363671 the uruguayan flag. Add to likebox. The uruguay flag is one of the oldest flags of south america.

Facts about the flag. Add to likebox 93080842 uruguay flag vector illustration. The elements of the flag of uruguay have historical and political significance. The current flag of uruguay was officially adopted on july 11 1830.

The blue and white colors are modeled after the flag of argentina and the nine stripes represent the nine departments within the country. The flag consists of a white rectangular background with blue horizontal stripes and a sixteen ray sun of may in the upper left corner. Nine stripes indicate nine uruguayan provinces which were created after the liberation from brazil. There are five white stripes and four blue ones in the current flag thus the top and the bottom stripe are both white.

The uruguayan flag was recognized on july 11 1830. The current flag of uruguay was officially adopted on july 11 1830. The flag of uruguay first adopted on december 16 1828.