Uruguay Flag

The Flag of Uruguay has Blue and white stripes with a white square area containing a sun monogram in yellow. The Uruguay flag was adopted officially as the national flag of the country and used for its official representation on a world wide basis on July 11, 1830. This year being a very old and ancient year and in this year Uruguay flag was born thus making it one of the world's oldest flags especially when kept and viewed in comparison with the other flags that are used by other countries to represent them selves on a world wide basis. It is a factor to note that when it was first adopted in 1828 it had a total number of 17 stripes on it but it was a number that was soon reduced to nine in the year 1830. Uruguay fought and struggled hard and then finally declared independence from the control and clutches of Brazil on August 25, and the year for that happening was 1825. And since then it has comprised of a total number of nine stripes that are distributed along the flag in blue and white combinations.

The description and the coloration of the national flag of Uruguay is one which is very unique and very old, yet it is also a flag that has a very simple design and is therefore extremely easy to explain. If any one wants to ask or inquire as to what the design of the colors used in the meaning of the flag of Uruguay are the answer to that question would be a very simple one and that answer would be: simple designing and only two colors are used.

Those are blue and white, the colors are distributed along the national flag of Uruguay in a very unique pattern and that is the official first picture of Uruguayan flag design. It has seventeen horizontal stripes alternately blue and white in color, but now the design has nine stripes that are blue and white and are in the following pattern: top stripe is white then blue, white then blue, then white and then blue and that goes on in the same sequence and they end up making a total of nine stripes of which four are blue and five are white in color. All from top till bottom are stripes and there is like a design that seems that the original base of the flag was all white and the blue stripes have just been added on in an after thought. The uniqueness of the Uruguay flag is as there is situated in the top left hand side corner of the flag. There is a sort of white colored square shape which seems to have a monogram which is with a yellow/gold sun and its positioning is right in its center and it is seen as the flag is flown that the sun has 16 alternating straight and curvy waves. That is why one wave is curvy and the other is straight and so on. The meaning and significance of the design and coloration is also very unique. The sun emblem is considered to be symbolic of the 'Sun of May'; and it is a symbol of freedom and independence. And the dimensions of the Flag of Uruguay are 2:3 respectively. The flag is as the other flags of the world used by other countries of the shaped in the rectangular shape. One can lot of information about Uruguay online free of cost.