The horizontal lines on the flag represent the nine original departments of Uruguay.

The sun on the flag represent the fun and joy in the culture Uruguay.

The white on the flag represent peacefulness.

This is one of the Uruguay most popular meals and most of the meals most likely be pork and steak.

Church and state are officially seperated since 1916 in Uruguay.According to the most recent official official survey approximately 58.1% of uruguayans define themsleves as christian (47% Roman Catholic, 11.1% Protestant) and approximately 40.89% of the population professes.

The national competition, launched by the Catholic Church in Uruguay and the society of Architects of Uruguay, was to design a small church on the river plate coast , near colonia, Uruguay.This was won by Lambrechts-Bertinat Architects.This project was completed in December 2006.