Flag of Mercosur
Officially Southern Common Market
Locally Mercado Común del Sur
What the flag looks like
A white field with four blue four-pointed stars of the Southern Cross above a curved green line, and the name MERCOSUR in blue letters below.
What it means
The Southern Cross marks the bloc's place in the Southern Hemisphere, above a green arc of the horizon.
How to remember it
Mercosur
is mostly white: four blue Southern Cross stars over a green horizon, with the name spelled out underneath in case you forget.
Fun facts
- Mercosur was founded by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991, signed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
- The flag has a Portuguese version that reads MERCOSUL instead of MERCOSUR.
Mercosur at a glance
- Founded
- 1991
- Members
- 6 states (Venezuela suspended)
- Headquarters
- Montevideo
- Headquarters
- Montevideo
- Region
- Founded 1991
- Languages
- Spanish, Portuguese, Guarani
- Flag adopted
- 2002