# 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. |
| 1952-Present | Artigas flag | A triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands coloured blue, white and blue; with a Red Diagonal Stripe. |
| 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. |
| 1953-Present | Flag of The Uruguayan Air Force | A Blue Field with the Air Force emblem in the center. |

## Municipality flags

| Date | Use |
| ?-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 |
| ?-Present | Flag of The Artigas Department |
| ?-Present | Flag of The Canelones Department |
| ?-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 |
| 2008-Present | Flag of The COMUNA |
| 2006-Present | Flag of The Popular Assembly |
| 1836-Present | Flag of The Colorado Party |
| 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. |
| 1820-1828 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 1839-1851 | Flag of The Gobierno del Cerrito | Similar to the current flag. |
| 1839-1851 | Flag of The Gobierno de la Defensa | Similar to the current flag but with light blue stripes. |

## Burgees of Uruguay

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1924-Present | Flag of The Punta del Este Yacht Club | |
| | 1906-Present | Flag of The Yacht Club Uruguayo | |