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Meaning of the Flag

The national flag of Uruguay (bandera nacional de Uruguay), officially known as the National Pavilion (Pabellón Nacional), is the most important of the three official flags of Uruguay along with the Artigas flag and the flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. == Symbolism and design == The horizontal stripes on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, based on the U.S. flag, where the stripes represent the original 13 colonies. These stripes of blue and white were inspired by the flag of Argentina, making the flag of Uruguay part of both the Stars and Stripes and Belgrano flag families.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Blue, White

Flag History

1. 1812
   The Artigas flag used the white stripe between two blue stripes from the flag created in 1812 by Manuel Belgrano for the Army of the North commanded by him in the service of the United Provinces.
2. 1825–1828
   

   On 19 April 1825, a group of revolutionaries known as the Thirty-Three Orientals planted a tricolor flag on Agraciada Beach with the words "Libertad o Muerte" ("Liberty or Death") painted in the center.
3. 1828–1830
   

   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.
4. 1830–present
   

   Current national flag, in use since 1830.

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