Flag of Argentina

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 5:8.

How to recognise it

Light blue, white, light blue horizontal bands with a golden sun with a face on the white.

Name in the quiz: Argentina
UN member state name: Argentina
ISO 3166-1 code: AR
Atlas Play pack: South America (starter pack)

Practise the South America pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

BotswanaBotswana: a black band edged in white. Argentina: a white band with a golden sun.
GuatemalaGuatemala: upright bands with a green bird and wreath. Argentina: flat bands with a golden sun.
IsraelIsrael: thin stripes and a blue star. Argentina: wide light blue bands and a golden sun.
NicaraguaArgentina: a golden sun. Nicaragua: a triangle emblem in a ring.
San MarinoSan Marino: white over light blue with a coat of arms. Argentina: three bands with a golden sun.
UruguayArgentina: three bands. Uruguay: nine stripes with the sun in the corner.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Argentina (A horizontal triband of light blue, white and light blue with a Sun of May on the white; proportion 5:8). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ar.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 8a5c5c76b45a…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.