A country which fought alongside Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870), ARGENTINA adopted the current flag while it fought in a previous war to earn its independence from Spain in 1812. The top and bottom horizontal stripes are sky blue, which has several possible meanings. These blue stripes could represent Argentina's Rio de la Plata river, the Atlantic Ocean, and/or clear blue skies. The Sun of May, which is Argentina's national emblem, sits in the center on top of the white horizontal stripe. There are various subtle design variations of the Sun of May, although the Flagpedia.net flag depicted below shows a common design. The flag's size ratio is 9:14 according to Vexilla Mundi. Vexilla Mundi also shows that the Argentinean flag from 1516 to 1812 had white and red colors, while the flags of 1819-1820 and 1829-1861 had dark blue stripes instead of sky blue ones. Also, two previous flag designs from the years 1835-1850 and 1850-1861 featured Phrygian caps, representing liberty and freedom.
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