☀️The Sun of May is an old symbol of the sun breaking through clouds. Legend says the sun appeared in the sky just as Argentina and Uruguay were winning their freedom — Uruguay's version has 16 rays.
🎨The nine stripes stand for the nine original departments (regions) of Uruguay when the country was first founded.
🐄Uruguay is a small country in South America famous for its cattle ranches, beef, and being one of the first countries in the world to make football a national obsession — it won the very first football World Cup in 1930.
🌊Uruguay has beautiful Atlantic beaches and its capital, Montevideo, sits right on the coast where the Río de la Plata meets the ocean.