List of flags of the Philippines

This is the list of all the flags used and being used in the Philippines.

National flag [edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1946—Present	National flag of the Philippines	A horizontal bicolor with equal bands of blue and red, with a triangular side object which encloses a sun with eight rays together with three stars fixed on the vertexes of the triangle.

Governmental flags [edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the President of the Philippines	The Seal of the President of the Philippines against a Blue field.
		Flag of the Vice President of the Philippines

Military flags [edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		State and War flag	Same as national flag with red and blue inverted.
		Naval Jack of the Philippines	The "Three Stars and a Sun" emblem against a Royal Blue field.

Historical national flags [edit]

Date	Use	Description
1535-1821	Flag used when the Philippines was a part of New Spain.	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned branches, on a white field
1762-1764	Flag used during the British occupation of the Philippines. (As used in occupied Manila and Cavite)	Red cross commonly called St George's Cross and the white cross commonly called St. Andrew's Cross joined together in a blue field
1821-1898	Used during Spanish East Indies period.	Three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe with arms in the first third of the yellow stripe. The arms are crowned, and vertically divided, left red field with a tower representing Castille, right white field with a lion representing Leon.
1898-1908	American flag used while under direct administration from the United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white representing the original thirteen colonies; in the canton, white stars on a blue field, the number of stars increased as the United States expanded its territory
1908-1912	Variant after Oklahoma became a U.S. state
1912-1946	Variant after Arizona and New Mexico became U.S. states
1942-1945	Flag used during the Japanese Occupation.	A red sun-disc centered on a white field
1935-1985	The shade of blue used here is Navy Blue, following suit from the American Flag.	Design conceived by Emilio Aguinaldo remains but the shades of blue and red were adopted from the American flag
1985-1986	Shade of blue used here is Light Blue, similar to that of the Cuban Flag at the time of the proclamation of Independence.
1986-1998	1919 flag; restored after the 1986 People Power Revolution.

Provincial flags [edit]

Main article: Flags of the Philippine provinces

Most of the flags of the provinces of the Philippines are in 1:2 ratio with the provincial seal/coat-of-arms on a field of single color, although a few have designs differing from that standard.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Provincial flag of Bohol	A tricolour with the white stripe being double the width of the blue and red stripes. Superimposed on the white stripe is the main portion of the seal of Bohol. It consists of two bolos representing the Tamblot Uprising and the Dagohoy Rebellion, the Chocolate Hills and the Sandugo between Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna. It also contains a little star representing Carlos P. Garcia, the only Boholano President of the Philippines (another star will be installed for every Boholano president).
		Provincial flag of Bukidnon	Three equal horizontal stripes; white for honesty and purity; red for commerce, courage, bravery and heroism; black for authority and a Spear and Shield
		Provincial flag of Southern Leyte	A green flag with a golden fringe, white cross, coconut and abaca leaves and four orchids.

Municipal flags [edit]

Like the flags of most Philippine provinces, flags of municipalities usually just bear the seal of the municipality on a single color field but there are some municipality flags that differs from the standard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Municipal flag of Balilihan, Bohol
		Municipal flag of Kalilangan, Bukidnon	Blue and green horizontal stripes with a white canton bearing a sun surrounded by 14 stars
		Municipal flag of Maribojoc, Bohol

Other historical flags [edit]

Date	Use	Description
	Flag of the Maguindanao Sultanate	A plain yellow flag
18th Century	Flag of the Sulu Sultanate	Flag of Sulu Sultanate according to Pierre Sonnerat.
1845-1898	Provincial Ensign of the Manila
1886-1898	Provincial Ensign of Ilo-Ilo
Late 19th Century	Flag of the Sulu Sultanate
1899–1903	Flag of the Republic of Zamboanga
1956-?	Flag of the Free Territiory of Freedomland	The flag of Freedomland, a micronation founded by Tomas Cloma in the Spratly islands.