THE Uruguay Flag it consists of a rectangle with nine horizontal blue and white bands and a sun located in the upper left corner.
The Uruguayan flag is officially called "National Pavilion".
Meaning of the Flag of Uruguay
The National Pavilion represents the history of Uruguay, the sky that shelters the country and the organization of its territory.
Colors
The white and blue colors were inspired by the flag of the Rio de la Plata Provinces to which Uruguay belonged.
In vexillology, a science that studies flags, it refers to the sky and purity.
Symbols
The symbols of the Uruguayan flag are the horizontal lines and the Sun of May.
Horizontal Lines
The horizontal lines represent the departments that make up the country:
- Cannelloni
- Cerro Largo
- Cologne
- Durazon
- maldonado
- Montevideo
- Paysandú
- San José
- Sorian
The arrangement of these lines took the United States flag as a model.
Sun
The sun that appears on the Uruguayan flag is called Sol de Maio and is inspired by the flag of the United Provinces of Rio da Prata.
Sol de Maio is the symbol of the May Revolution, which took place on May 17, 1810, in Argentina, which was the first step towards independence from Spain.
It consists of the stylization of the star-king, who appears with a face, as the Inca peoples used to do. Likewise, it has sixteen spokes: eight drawn straight and eight flaming giving a sense of movement.
Uruguay Flag History
The country's first flag was created in 1825 when the territory declared itself independent from the then Empire of Brazil and joined the United Provinces of Rio da Prata. This would give rise to Argentina.
At that time, the pavilion had three colors: white, blue and red.
Three years later, however, Uruguay declared itself independent of the Rio de la Plata Provinces and the Empire of Brazil, in the episode known as Cisplatin War (1825-1828).
The current flag was officially adopted on July 12, 1830.
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