List of Chilean flags
Appearance
List of Chilean flags This is a list of flags used in Chile. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Chile.
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National flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1818- | National flag, State flag, State ensign, Civil ensign and War ensign | Three cantons. In superior level, a blue square to the left with a white five-ponted star within, and a white rectangle to the right. In the inferior level, a red rectangle. |
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1945- | Naval Jack | A squared blue flag with a star in the center |
Presidential standard
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1920- 1967 (Legal regulation) |
Presidential flag | A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Regions
See: Regions of Chile
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2008- | Flag of Tarapacá Region | White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center. |
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Flag of Antofagasta Region | Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo | |
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1859 (in revolution), 2003- | Flag of Atacama Region | Blue field with a yellow star in center. |
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2013 | Flag of Coquimbo Region | Blue flag with a white star in the left down corner. To the top, in the middle, a yellow sun and a light blue sky. In the right superior side, a green land with dark green bands. |
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Flag of Valparaíso Region | Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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Flag of the O'Higgins Region | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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2002 (last modification) | Flag of Maule Region | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. |
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Flag of Biobío Region | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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Flag of Araucanía Region (unofficial) | Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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2013 | Flag of Los Lagos Region | Two horizontal stripes (green and blue), with the Southern Cross in the left superior corner. |
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Flag of Aisén Region | ||
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1997 | Flag of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region | Dark blue field with a Southern Cross white stars drawn horizontally. In the down, a design of six gold hills, over them six white chevrons. |
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Flag of Santiago Metropolitan Region | Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. | |
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2008 | Flag of Los Ríos Region | White field crossed by three waved bands yellow, green and blue, and a circle formed by twelve gold stars in the center. |
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2008 | Flag of Arica and Parinacota Region | White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. |
Comunal flags
Indigenous peoples
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991 | Wenufoye, the Flag of Mapuche people | Five horizontal strips. In the top and down, two black stripes with twelve white gemil ("diamonds") each one. In the center, three light blue, green and red stripes. In the center, a yellow kultrun ("ceremonial drum") with red lines and pictures. |
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2006 | Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people | White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood). |
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2006 | Flag of Aymara people | |
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2012 | Flag of Alacaluf people | Two blue and green triangles divided by a white sash. In the blue triangle, a brown 8-point star. In the green triangle, a human figure made with brown circles. |
Mapuche territories
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Huenteche territory
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Huilliche territory
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Lafquenche territory
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Nagche territory
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Pehuenche territory
Historical flags
Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1506-1701 16th and 17th centuries |
Mapuche military flag during the Arauco War | Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star). |
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?-1557 | Mapuche flag, used by Lautaro forces, in Arauco War | Light blue gemil with a guñelve star bordered by black triangles |
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1541-1785 | Burgundy Cross, flag of the Spanish forces in Arauco War and flag of the Spanish Overseas Territories | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
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1785-1812, 1814-1817 | Spanish national flag and war ensign | |
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1812-1814 | First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Olg Fatherland Flag") | Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow. |
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1812-1814 | Alternative version of the First Chilean flag | Different order of the strips, with the first Chilean coat of arms and a red Cruz de Santiago (Cross of St. James) in the top left corner. |
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1814-1817 | Flag of the Andes, ensign of the Army of the Andes, now the provincial flag of Mendoza (Argentina) | Two rectangles, white and light blue, with the coat of arms in the center. |
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1817-1818 | Second National Flag, also called Bandera de Transición ("Trasitory flag") | A Similar tricolour to flag of Yugoslavia, Three horizontal strips blue, white and red. |
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Proposal of 1818, never used officially | Proposal of flag | A Similar tricolour to flag of Russia, Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip. |
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1818-1834 | First design of the actual flag, also called Bandera de la Independencia ("Independence Flag") | A Similar to flags of Texas, Poland and Czechoslovakia, and to actual ensign for Chilean Independence flag, with the coat of arms in the center, and a black eight-pointed star within the white five-pointed star. |
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1860-1862 | Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia | Three horizontal strips blue, white and green. |
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?-1888 | Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island | Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner. |
Sources
- The Flags of Chile. Flags of the World
- National symbols of Chile. Chilean Government Official Website Template:Es icon
- Orígenes, mitos y hechos interesantes sobre los símbolos patrios chilenos Template:Es icon
- Decree 1534 of 1967 about National Symbols of Chile Template:Es icon
- Reino de Araucanía y Patagonia - Portal Mapuche Template:Es icon