Uruguay flag coloring page
Uruguay's flag has nine horizontal stripes, white and blue in turn. A white square in the top corner by the pole holds the golden Sun of May, with sixteen rays both straight and wavy. Joaquín Suárez designed it, and an 1830 law gave it nine stripes.
- Difficulty
- Detailed
- Best for
- Ages 9+
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Continent
- South America
- Adopted
- 1830
- Paper
- US Letter and A4
- Use
- Free for home and classroom (terms)
Colors in this flag
Coloring tip: Color the sun and its sixteen rays yellow first, then the four blue stripes, leaving the white stripes plain.
Colors are shown biggest area first.
Flag design: public domain (source file on Wikimedia Commons). Outline by Crayon Pages.
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About the flag of Uruguay
What it means: The nine stripes stand for the country's nine original departments. The Sun of May recalls the May Revolution of 1810.
Did you know? The first version in 1828 had nineteen stripes, but they were reduced because they were hard to see from far away.
Source: Wikipedia.
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