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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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
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1818–present | National flag and ensign | Horzontal bicolor of white over red, with a square blue canton bearing a white five-pointed star. | |
| 1818–present | Flag of Chile (vertical) | The reverse side of the flag, turned so that the blue canton is at the top left. |
Presidential standard
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920– (creation) 1967– (legal regulation) |
Presidential flag | The flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Military
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flag of the Ministry of National Defense | A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Army
[edit]| Flag | Date | Rank | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| Flag of the Chilean Army | A red flag with the army emblem in the center. | ||
| Rank flags | |||
| ?–present | General of the Army | ||
| General of division | |||
| General of brigade | |||
| Military Attaché (if they have the rank of brigadier or colonel) | |||
Chilean Navy
[edit]Jack
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| 1945–present | Naval jack | A square blue flag with a star in the center | |
Rank flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Rank | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Commander-in-Chief | ||
| Vice admiral | |||
| Rear admiral | |||
| Rear admiral (not in command) | |||
| Rear admiral (Task Force) | |||
| Commodore or captain | |||
| Commodore or captain (not in command) | |||
| Chief officers | |||
| Command pennant of a base or district commander | |||
| Command pennant of a base or district commander (not in command) | |||
| Civilian dignitaries on board | |||
| ?–present | Ambassador, minister of state, minister plenipotentiary, or minister resident | ||
| Regional quartermaster or temporary chargé d'affaires | |||
| Consul general, consul, Provincial governor or vice-consul | |||
| Former | |||
| 20th century | Minister of Marine | ||
| ?–? | Ambassador, minister of state, minister plenipotentiary, or minister resident | A blue flag with white-edged red nordic cross and a white star in the canton. Used as a pennant on a car. | |
| Regional quartermaster or temporary chargé d'affaires | |||
| Consul general, consul, Provincial governor or vice-consul | |||
Other
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Masthead pennant | ||
Air force
[edit]| Flag | Date | Rank | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| Flag of the Chilean Air Force | A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of the Chilean Air Force in the center. | ||
| Rank flags | |||
| ?–present | General of the Air | ||
| General of Aviation | |||
| General of Air Brigade | |||
| Commodore | |||
Police
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| Carabineros de Chile | |||
| Chilean Gendarmerie | |||
Customs
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Pennant of Customs Inspection | ||
| Former | |||
| 1930s–? | Pennant of Customs Inspection | ||
Civil ensign
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Pilot flag | ||
| Pennant of Port Captains | |||
| Pennant of Health authority | |||
| Former | |||
| 1930s–? | Pilot flag | ||
| 1910s–1930s | |||
| 19th century–1910s | |||
| 1930s–? | Pennant of Port Captains | ||
Regions
[edit]| Flag | Date | Administrative division | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–present | Arica and Parinacota | White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. | ||
| 1996–present | Atacama | |||
| ?–present | Antofagasta | Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo | ||
| 2013–present | Aysén | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center | ||
| ?–present | Biobío | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
| 2013–present | Coquimbo | |||
| ?–present | La Araucanía | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
| 2013–present | Los Lagos | |||
| 2008–present | Los Ríos | |||
| 1997–present | Magallanes | |||
| 2002–present (last modification) | Maule | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
| 2018–present | Ñuble | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
| ?–present | O'Higgins | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
| 2013–present | Santiago Metropolitan Region | Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. | ||
| 2008–present | Tarapacá | White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center. | ||
| ?–present | Valparaíso | Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | ||
Unofficial regional flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–present | Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region es | ||
| 1990s–present | Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region | Horizontal tricolor (blue, white, and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
| Unofficial flag of Bío-Bío Region | |||
| 2014–present | Unofficial flag of Chilean glaciers | ||
| Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago | |||
| 2020–present |
Historical flags
[edit]National flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| National flags | |||
| 1818–1912 | Flag of the Republic of Chile | Design of the flag with the star tilted. | |
| 1826–1854 | Civil flag of the Republic of Chile | ||
| 1818–1834 | First design of the actual flag, also called "Independence Flag" | ||
| 1818 | Alternative flag of the Republic of Chile | Horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red, with a white star in the blue band. | |
| 1817–1818 | Flag of the Republic of Chile, now also called "Transitory flag" | Horizontal tricolor of blue, white, and red. | |
| 1812–1814 | Flag of the Kingdom of Chile, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland Flag") | Horizontal tricolor of blue, white, and yellow. | |
| Horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and yellow. The Cross of Santiago is in the upper hoist corner, and the first coat of arms is centered in the blue band. | |||
| Local national flags | |||
| 1888–1902 | Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island | ||
| 1880–1888 | |||
| 1860s | A recreation of Dutrou-Bornier's flag | ||
| 1860s | Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island | ||
| 1860–1862 | Flag of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia | ||
Other historical flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | Flag of the Selk'nam genocide survivors | ||
| 1825–1904 | Flag of the Litoral Department | Horizontal tricolor of blue, red, and yellow with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. | |
| 1820–1822 | Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru | Similar to the national flag, with three stars. | |
| 1817–1820 | Flag of the Army of the Andes | ||
| 18th and 19th centuries | Old Mapuche flag | Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star). |
Ethnic groups flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Ethnic group | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–present | Afro-Chileans | ||
| 2012–present | Alacaluf | Two blue and green triangles divided by a white sash. In the blue triangle, a brown eight-point star. In the green triangle, a human figure made with brown circles. | |
| 1979–present | Aymara | ||
| 2020–present | Chango | 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. | |
| 2017–present | Colla people in Chile | Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, red, and black. | |
| 2018–present | Diaguita people in Chile | ||
| 1991–present | Mapuche people in Chile | ||
| 2006–present | Rapa Nui | ||
| 2016–present | Selkʼnam | ||
| Yaghan from Mejillones |
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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
Political flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| 1988–present | National Renewal | ||
| 1979–present | Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) | ||
| 1965–present | Revolutionary Left Movement | ||
| 1957–present | Christian Democratic Party | ||
| 1933–present | Socialist Party of Chile | ||
| 1912–present | Communist Party of Chile | ||
| Former | |||
| 2017–2019 | Social Patriot Movement | ||
| 2015–2017 | Regional and Popular Front | ||
| 2010s | Hod Chilees | ||
| 2008–2012 | Front of the National Orderes | ||
| 2004–2008 | National Socialist Movement of Chilean Workerses | ||
| 1999–2010 | New Fatherland Societyes | ||
| 1998–2002 | Liberal Party | ||
| 1990–2002 | Union of the Centrist Center | ||
| 1983–1987 | National Union Movement | ||
| 1973–1989 | MAPU Obrero Campesino | ||
| 1971–2013 | Citizen Left | ||
| 1969–1994 | Popular Unitary Action Movement | ||
| 1973 | Popular Unity | ||
| 1972–1973 | |||
| 1969–1972 | |||
| 1966–1994 | National Party | ||
| 1952–1983 | Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movementes | ||
| 1945–1958 | Agrarian Labor Party | ||
| 1938–1942 | Popular Socialist Vanguard | ||
| 1934–1940s | Araucan Federationes | ||
| 1932–1938 | National Socialist Movement of Chile | ||
| Other | |||
| 2019–2020 | 2019 protests flag | ||
Rebel groups flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Organization | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former | |||
| 1983–1999 | Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front | ||
| 1982–1994 | Lautaro Youth Movement | ||
| 1971–1973 | Fatherland and Liberty | ||
| 1968–1971 | Organized Vanguard of the Peoplees | ||
Sporting flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Chilean Olympic Committee | ||
| ?–present | Football Federation of Chile | ||
Antarctic base flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Base | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Captain Arturo Prat Base | Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base. | |
Vexillology Association flags
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| ?–present | Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile | ||
Chilean shipping company
[edit]| Flag | Date | Company | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | |||
| 1953–present | Empresa Marítima del Estadoes | ||
| 1930–present | Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánicaes | ||
| 1872–present | Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores | ||
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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
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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)