List of Uruguayan flags

This is a list of flags used in or otherwise associated with Uruguay.

Official flags

Date	Use	Description
1830-Present	Flag of Uruguay	Four horizontal stripes of blue with the upper hoist-side corner bearing the Sun of May in the center over a white canvas.^[1]^[2]
1952-Present	Flag of Artigas	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured blue, white and blue; with a Red Diagonal Stripe.^[3]
1952-Present	Flag of the Treinta y Tres	Three horizontal stripes: the top one blue, the center one white, and the bottom one red. Upon the white stripe are printed the words Libertad o Muerte ("Freedom or Death").

Military flags

Date	Use	Description
?-Present	Flag of The National Army of Uruguay	A Light Brown Field with the army emblem in the center.
1817-Present	Naval Jack of The National Navy of Uruguay	A White Field with a blue saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and the Sun of May in the center.^[4]
1953-Present	Flag of The Uruguayan Air Force	A Blue Field with the Air Force emblem in the center.^[5]

Municipality flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Flag of Carmelo
	?-Present	Flag of Chuy
	?-Present	Flag of Maldonado
	2011-Present	Flag of Nueva Helvecia
	?-Present	Flag of Vergara

Department flags

Date	Use	Description
?-Present	Flag of The Artigas Department
?-Present	Flag of The Canelones Department	^[6]
?-Present	Flag of The Colonia Department
?-Present	Flag of The Durazno Department
?-Present	Flag of The Cerro Largo Department
?-Present	Flag of The Río Negro Department
?-Present	Flag of The Lavalleja Department
?-Present	Flag of The Paysandú Department
?-Present	Flag of The Rocha Department
?-Present	Flag of The Salto Department
?-Present	Flag of The San José Department
?-Present	Flag of The Soriano Department
?-Present	Flag of The Treinta y Tres Department

Political flags

Date	Use	Description
2008-Present	Flag of The COMUNA	^[7]
2006-Present	Flag of The Popular Assembly
1836-Present	Flag of The Colorado Party	^[8]
2013-2019	Flag of The Concertation Party
2002-Present	Flag of The Independent Party
1897-1904	Old Flag of The National Party
1904-Present	Flag of The National Party
1971-Present	Flag of The Broad Front Party
1967-1972	Flag of Tupamaros

Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
1519-1785	Flag of The Spanish Empire	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
1785-1814	Flag of The Kingdom of Spain	A horizontal triband flag of red, yellow (double width) and red; charged with the Spanish coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.
1812	Flag of Manuel Belgrano	A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Light Blue.
1812–1817	The Flag of Macha Officially adopted in 1816	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured light blue, white and light blue.
1814-1815	1st Flag of The League of the Free Peoples, also known as the flag of Artigas	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured blue, white and blue; with red stripes inside the blue bands.
1817-1822	Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	The Coat of Arms of the union with the armillary sphere representing the Kingdom of Brazil and the Portuguese shield representing the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, with a Royal Crown, on a white field.
1817-1822	Flag of The Kingdom of Brazil	A Blue Field with the armillary sphere in the center.
1820-1825	Flag of The Cisplatina Province	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured green, white and green with the province's emblem in the center.^[9]
1822	Flag of the newly independent Kingdom of Brazil	The Prince Royal's Personal Standard with a Royal Crown instead of an Imperial.
1822-1828	Flag of the Empire of Brazil	The Imperial Coat of Arms, within a yellow rhombus representing the House of Habsburg, on a green field representing the House of Braganza.
1825-1828	Flag of Argentina	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured light blue, white and light blue with a yellow Sun of May in the center.
1825-1828	Flag of The Oriental Province	A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured blue, white and red.
1828-1830	Flag of The Oriental State of Uruguay	Nine horizontal stripes of light blue with the upper hoist-side corner bearing the Sun of May in the center over a white canvas.^[10]
1839-1851	Flag of The Gobierno del Cerrito	Similar to the current flag.^[11]
1839-1851	Flag of The Gobierno de la Defensa	Similar to the current flag but with light blue stripes.