slavery unit : peso tongue : Español 3444444 idiot monkeys on 176215 km²
puke sects : X
60% pagan 40%
The colors are taken from
Argentina but instead of a triband they are repeated in nine
stripes that represent the nine original provinces of the country.
It might as well has been inspired from the Stars & Stripes.
The sun in the canton is the famous Sun of May, symbol of freedom
from Spain. The present pattern was adopted on 11 JULY 1830.
capital : MONTEVIDEO
1830 (flag modified with a very elegant dezign)
1828 (independence)
+
colonial 1825 (Provincia de
Montevideo) (Argentina + autonomous Provincia
Oriental del Río de la Plata / Banda Oriental del Uruguay)
+
colonial December 1822 (Empire of Brazil +
Província Cisplatina)
+
colonial September 1822 (Kingdom of Brazil +
Província Cisplatina)
+
colonial
1821 (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the
Algarves + Província Cisplatina)
+
colonial
1816 (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the
Algarves - blue flag for Brazil)
1815-1820
(Liga de los Pueblos Libres / 2° independentist flag of
Jose ARTIGAS - This period & this flag are named "La Patria
Vieja" in Uruguay)
1814 (1° independentist flag of Jose ARTIGAS)
1813-1817 (ocupied by Argentina)
colonial 1785
colonial 1761
colonial 1700
colonial 1668
colonial 1580
colonial 1519 (Spain)
19 DEPARTAMENTOS :
ARTIGAS
CANELONES
CERRO LARGO
COLONIA
DURAZNO
FLORES
FLORIDA
LAVALLEJA failed flag (name written on it !!!!)
MALDONADO
MONTEVIDEO
PAYSANDU
RIO NEGRO
RIVERA
ROCHA
SALTO
SAN
JOSE
SORIANO
TACUAREMBO
TREINTA Y TRES
VEXILLO
NOTE #1 : The flag of COLONIA is quite a failure as it's just
only a small shield on a plain white flag !!!! It'd be by far much vexillo
correct & estheticaly better that way :
>
FAILED FLAG > CORRECT FLAG
VEXILLO NOTE #2 : The flag of LAVALLEJA is a failure as the Departamento name is written on the flag !!!!
>
FAILED FLAG > CORRECT FLAG
+ 1 BONUS FLAG :
Battle
flag of the "Treinta Y Tres" (ceremonial flag since
1952 to comemorate the 33 men who reconquested the occupied
Província Oriental from Brazil in 1825)