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This is a list of flags used in Chile. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Chile.
National flags
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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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1818– | Flag of Chile (vertical) |
Governmental flags
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1920– (creation) 1967– (Legal regulation) |
Presidential flag | A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
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Ambassador flag | A blue flag with white and red nordic cross and a white star in the canton. Used as a pennant on a car. | |
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Flag of the Ministry of National Defense | A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Military flags
Chilean Army
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Flag of the Chilean Army | A red flag with the army emblem in the center. |
Chilean Navy
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1945- | Naval jack | A squared blue flag with a star in the center |
Chilean Air Force
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Chilean Air Force | A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of Chilean Air Force in the center. |
Police flags
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Flag of the Carabineros de Chile |
Vexillology Association flags
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Flag of the Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile |
Regions
See also: Regions of Chile| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
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Arica and Parinacota | 2008 | White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. |
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Atacama | 1859 (in revolution), 1996- | Flag of Atacama |
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Antofagasta | Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo | |
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Aysén | 2013 | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center |
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Biobío | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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Coquimbo | 2013 | 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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La Araucanía | Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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Los Lagos | 2013 | Flag of Los Lagos |
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Los Ríos | 2008 | Flag of Los Ríos Region |
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Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region | 1997 | Flag of Magallanes |
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Maule | 2002 (last modification) | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. |
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Ñuble | 2018 | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. |
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O'Higgins | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
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Santiago Metropolitan Region | 2013 | Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. |
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Tarapacá | 2008 | White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center. |
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Valparaíso | Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
Unofficial regional flags
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2014 | Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region | |
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1990s | Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region | |
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Unofficial flag of Bío-Bío Region | ||
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2014 | Unofficial flag of Chilean glaciers | |
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2015 | Flag of Juan Fernández Islands |
Communes
Main article: commons:Flags_of_communes_of_ChilePolitical flags
| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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2019-2020 | 2019 protests flag | |
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1988–present | National Renewal | |
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1983–present | Independent Democratic Union | |
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1979–present | Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) | |
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1965–present | Revolutionary Left Movement | |
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1957–present | Christian Democratic Party | |
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1933–present | Socialist Party of Chile | |
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1912–present | Communist Party of Chile | |
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2014-2018 | Amplitude | |
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2013-2018 | Nueva Mayoría | |
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2008-2012 | Front of the National Order | |
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2004-2008 | National Socialist Movement of Chilean Workers | |
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1999-2010 | New Fatherland Society | |
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1990-2002 | Union of the Centrist Center | |
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1988-2013 | Concertación | |
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1983-1987 | National Union Movement | |
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1973-1989 | MAPU Obrero Campesino | |
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1971-2013 | Citizen Left | |
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1969-1994 | Popular Unitary Action Movement | |
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1973 | Popular Unity | |
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1966-1994 | National Party | |
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1952-1983 | Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movement | |
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1945-1958 | Agrarian Labor Party | |
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1932-1938 | National Socialist Movement of Chile | |
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1849-1966 | Liberal Party | |
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2007-2009 | Revolutionary Anarchist Front | |
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1983–1999 | Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front | |
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1982-1994 | Lautaro Youth Movement | |
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1968-1971 | Organized Vanguard of the People | |
Ethnic groups flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991–present | 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–present | Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people | White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood). |
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1979–present | Flag of Aymara people | Wiphala |
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2012–present | 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. |
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2016–present | Flag of Selk'nam people | 2 Horizontal stripes of dark red and white with a black lance in the center and 4 golden 6-pointed stars in the canton. |
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2020–present | Flag of Chango people | Three stripes with marine and reddish colors. A central element that groups together the activities of the town and representative silhouettes of the coastal mountain range and the waves of the sea. Nine white dots accompany the central circle. |
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2017–present | Flag of Colla people in Chile | Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red. |
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2018–present | Flag of Diaguita people | |
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2020–present | Flag of Afro-Chileans people |
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
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Pehuenche communities of Chiloé Island
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1477–1541 | Inca Imperial Banner | Two long yellow snakes on the sides, in the center a green, yellow and red rainbow, with the crown of the Inca sapa. |
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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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?–1557 | Standard of the Toqui. | a red swallowtailed field with a guñelve star |
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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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19th Century | Selk'nam people Flag | This version of the Selk'nam flag was created in a sewing workshop in the late 19th century by Selk'nam girls and women at the Salesian Mission of San Rafael on Dawson Island, Chile. The design of this flag responds to the fact that according to their mythology when they died they became stars. |
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1812–1814 | First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old 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 | The Flag of Macha | A horizontal triband of light blue (top), white and light blue. |
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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, now also called Bandera de Transición ("Transitory flag") | Tricolour similar to flag of Yugoslavia, Three horizontal strips blue, white and red. |
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1818, only a few days | Alternative flag | Tricolour similar 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") | 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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1818–1912 | National flag | Design of the flag with the star tilted. |
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1818–1819 1820–1825 |
Flag of the United Provinces | A horizontal tricolor of light blue (top), white and light blue with the Sun of May in the center. |
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1819–1820 | Flag of the United Provinces | A horizontal tricolor of blue (top), white and blue with the Sun of May in the center. |
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1820–1822 | Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru | Similar to the national flag, with 3 stars |
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1821–1822 | Flag of The Protectorate of San Martín (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | 2 triangles of white and red with the coat of arms in the center. |
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1822 | Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A horizontal triband of red (top), white and red with the inca sun in the center |
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1822–1825 | Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the inca sun in the center |
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1825–1826 | Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) | A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with 5 golden 5-pointed stars decorated with a laurels in the center of the red band |
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1825–1836 1839–1884 |
Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the coat of arms in the center |
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1825–1904 | Flag of The Litoral Department | a horizontal tricolor of blue, red and yellow with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. |
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1826–1831 | Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) | A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with a horizontal yellow band upwards and the coat of arms in the center |
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1826–1854 | Civil flag | |
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1831–1851 | Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) | A horizontal tricolor of yellow, red and green with the coat of arms in the center of the red band |
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1836–1839 | Flag of The Peru–Bolivian Confederation (in Antofagasta, Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A red field with the arms of north and south peru and bolivia in the center. |
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1836–1839 | Flag of South Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A vertical field of red color on the left (with a sun and four stars) and two horizontal fields on the right of green (above) and white (below). |
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1851–1904 | Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) | A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the coat of arms centered in the yellow band. |
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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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1860s | A recreation of Dutrou-Bornier's flag. | |
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1880–1888 | Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island | Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner. |
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1884–1929 | Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) | A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the coat of arms in the center |
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1888–1902 | Flag of Easter Island | Similar to the flag of Chile, with white and red fields reversed, and the star in the blue canton replaced by Christian and traditional Rapa Nui symbols. Used during the first years after the annexation until the arrival of the ship Baquedano in 1902. |
House flags of Chilean freight companies
| Flag | Date | Use | Descpription |
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Flag of CSAV | ||
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Flag of Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica |
Burgees of Chile
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Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico Austral |
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Club de Yates Algarrobo |
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Club de Yates El Quisco |
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Club de Yates Higuerillas |
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Yacht Club de Chile |
Antarctic base flags
| Flag | Base | Descpription |
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Captain Arturo Prat | Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base. |
References
Sources
- The Flags of Chile. Flags of the World
- National symbols of Chile. Chilean Government Official Website (in Spanish)
- Orígenes, mitos y hechos interesantes sobre los símbolos patrios chilenos (in Spanish)
- Decree 1534 of 1967 about National Symbols of Chile (in Spanish)
- Reino de Araucanía y Patagonia - Portal Mapuche (in Spanish)
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