The National Pavilion (Official) | |
Use | National flag and ensign |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 18 December 1828 11 July 1830 (modification) | (first design)
Design | Four horizontal stripes of blue with the upper hoist-side corner bearing the Sun of May in the centre over a white canvas. |
Designed by | Joaquín Suárez |
Use | Naval jack |
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The national flag of Uruguay (Spanish: 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. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy.[1] The flag was first adopted by law on 18 December 1828, and had 19 alternating stripes of white and blue until 11 July 1830, when a new law reduced the number of alternating stripes to nine.[2] The flag was designed by Joaquín Suárez.[2]