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Flag of Uruguay. Four horizontal stripes of blue with the upper hoist-side corner bearing the Sun of May in the centre over a white canvas. The national flag of Uruguay (bandera nacional de Uruguay), officially known as the National Pavilion (Pabellón Nacional), is one of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the flag of Artigas and ...
Uruguay (/ ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ [ 11 ]YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the ...
Flag of The National Army of Uruguay. A Light Brown Field with the army emblem in the center. 1817-Present. Naval Jack of The National Navy of Uruguay. A White Field with a blue saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and the Sun of May in the center. [4] 1953-Present. Flag of The Uruguayan Air Force.
Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Adopted. 19 March 1829. Crest. A Sun of May or. Shield. Quarterly the 1st: Azure, a Scales of Justice or; the 2nd: Argent in base Barry wavy Argent and Azure, a representation of Cerro de Montevideo (Montevideo Hill) with its fortress on the summit proper; the 3rd: Argent, a horse Sable; the 4th: Azure, an ox Or.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uruguay: Uruguay – sovereign country located in southeastern South America. [ 1] It is home to 3.46 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a ...
Monaco. 1881. 1881. 1881. South Korea. 1883. 1882[note 1] (designed by King Gojong or Pak Yeong-hyo) 2011 (when the exact color shades were last changed from their previous colors [set in 1997]). In 1948 the South Korean national assembly readopted this as the national flag with a modification of the taegeuk.
Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. [1]The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of ...
Flag of the Treinta y Tres. Three horizontal stripes: the top one blue, the center one white, and the bottom one red. Upon the white stripe are printed the words Libertad o Muerte ('Freedom or Death'). The flag of the Thirty-Three is one of the three official flags of Uruguay, along with the national flag of Uruguay and the flag of Artigas.