Uruguay, flag of

Uruguay, flag of

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      national flag consisting of five white stripes and four blue stripes arranged horizontally and a white canton bearing a golden “Sun of May.” The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3.

      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 (Belgrano, Manuel) in 1812. However, like many other Argentine provinces, Uruguay developed a flag of its own. The earliest example, dating from January 13, 1815, had a red horizontal stripe added in the centre of each blue stripe. On August 25 of that year, the flag was changed to equal horizontal stripes of blue-white-red.

      When it finally obtained recognition from both Argentina and Brazil as an independent country, the new republic of Uruguay adopted a definitive national flag on December 16, 1828. Designed by Joaquín Suárez, it effectively combined a symbol of Argentina (Argentina, flag of) with the flag pattern of the United States (United States of America, flag of the): on a white background were nine blue horizontal stripes for the nine original departments of the republic. On the white canton appeared the golden “Sun of May,” whose appearance during a major public gathering on May 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires was taken as a favourable omen for the independence struggle of the Spanish colonies of South America. The number of blue stripes was reduced to four in the flag law of July 11, 1830, which is still in effect. The symbolism of the nine original departments is now expressed by both blue and white stripes, rather than the blue stripes alone.

Whitney Smith
 

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