Capital

Montevideo

Continent

South America

Flag adopted

1830

Designer

Not individually credited

Uruguay

Colors and meaning

• Blue #0038A8

  Historically tied to the flag of Argentina, from which Uruguay's design directly descends

• White #FFFFFF

  Peace and the country's independence

Symbolism and history

Nine alternating blue and white stripes, one per historic department at independence, sit beside a white canton bearing the Sun of May, the same sun emblem found on Argentina's flag, reflecting the two nations' shared origins in the Rio de la Plata region.

Closest-looking flags

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  Argentina

  Shares the Sun of May emblem directly with Argentina's flag, both tracing to the same regional independence movement in the Rio de la Plata.

Further reading: Flag of Uruguay on Wikipedia