Uruguay

Native Name: Uruguay

Region: Americas

Capital: Montevideo

Currencies: Uruguayan peso ($)

Population: 3,473,727

Sub Region: South America

Top Level Domain: .uy

Languages: Spanish

Border Countries:

Brazil

Argentina

The flag of Uruguay is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of white alternating with blue, with a white square superimposed in the canton. In the white square is a yellow sun bearing a human face — the Sun of May — from which sixteen rays extend. The sun's rays alternate between triangular and wavy.