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Today's Flag is the Flag of Argentina!

Flag of the Argentine Republic

The flag of Argentina is a triband flag composed of three equally wide horizontal bands, the top and bottom bands being celestial blue and the middle band being white. The flag was created by Manuel Belgrano and was first seen in February 27 of 1812 during the war of Argentine Independence against the Spanish empire. He decided to create this flag because both sides, the independentist and the loyalist were using the same yellow and red colors of Spain. The yellow Sun of May on the center was added to the flag in 1818.

Meanings

The blue color represents the freedom the Argentinian people where fighting for and the majestic skies above.

The white color represents the clouds in the sky.

The Sun of May represents the independence process that began on May 25th, 1810. The Sun of May is a figurative sun that represents Inti, the sun god of the Inca religion. It is called "of May" because its used to represent the May Revolution which took place in the week from the 18th of May to the 25th of May which marked the beginning of the Argentinian process of independence from the Spanish Empire.

Sun of May

Facts

• "Argentina" comes from the latin word for silver argentum. The European settlers called the place like that because they believed it was full of silver, but it was not. The silver ended up being up north in Cerro Rico in Potosí, Bolivia.

• Argentina is one the world's leading producers of wine since the 16th century. Its estimated that the country has more than 1,800 wineries today making it the world's fifth leading wine producer.

• Argentina has the third biggest reserve of fresh water in the world. The water is located on the Perito Moreno glacier and its only one of the three glaciers in Argentina that is growing and not shrinking.

Location

Argentina is located to the south east of the south American continent.

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