Uruguay
Shape
Americas · South America
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About the flag
Uruguay's flag has nine horizontal stripes, five white and four blue, with a white square in the top corner by the flagpole holding the golden Sun of May, a sun with a face. The nine stripes stand for the original departments of the country. It was adopted in 1830.
Often confused with
Greece's flag also has nine blue and white stripes, but its corner holds a white cross, not a sun.
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