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Flags with a sun
15 of the world's 195 country flags. A sun on a flag often marks independence, a new beginning or a people named after it. Some are drawn with rays and a face, and some are reduced to a plain disc.
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Antigua and Barbuda Rising yellow sun -
Argentina Sun of May with a face -
Bangladesh Red disc for the sun -
Japan Red disc for the sun -
Kazakhstan Yellow sun with 32 rays above an eagle -
Kiribati Rising sun above the sea -
Kyrgyzstan Yellow sun with 40 rays -
Malawi Red rising sun with 45 rays -
Namibia Yellow sun with 12 rays -
Nepal White sun below a crescent moon -
Niger Orange disc for the sun -
North Macedonia Yellow sun with 8 rays -
Philippines Yellow sun with 8 main rays -
Rwanda Yellow sun with 24 rays -
Uruguay Sun of May with a face
Counts flags with a sun as a main part of the design, including plain discs that stand for the sun. Suns that are only a small detail inside a coat of arms are left out. Countries are the 193 UN member states plus Vatican City and Palestine.
Questions
What is the Sun of May?
A sun with a human face that appears on the flags of Argentina and Uruguay. It recalls the May Revolution of 1810 in Buenos Aires.
Why does the flag of Japan have a red circle?
The red disc is the sun. Japan is known in its own language as the origin of the sun, and the flag is called Hinomaru, the circle of the sun.