List of Chilean flags

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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.

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.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1920– (creation) 1967– (legal regulation)	Presidential flag	The flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Ministry of National Defense	A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

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)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	1945–present	Naval jack	A square blue flag with a star in the center

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Masthead pennant

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
		Carabineros de Chile
		Chilean Gendarmerie

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Pennant of Customs Inspection
Former
	1930s–?	Pennant of Customs Inspection

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

Flag	Date	Administrative division		Description
	2008–present		Arica and Parinacota	White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
	1996–present		Atacama	Main article: Flag of 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	Main article: Flag of Coquimbo Region
	?–present		La Araucanía	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2013–present		Los Lagos	Main article: Flag of Los Lagos
	2008–present		Los Ríos	Main article: Flag of Los Ríos Region
	1997–present		Magallanes	Main article: Flag of 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.

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

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	Main article: Flag 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	Main article: Flag of the Mapuches § Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1890s	Flag of the Selk'nam genocide survivors	Main article: Selk'nam flag
	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).

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	Main article: Wiphala
	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	Main article: Flag of the Mapuches
	2006–present	Rapa Nui	Main article: Flag of Easter Island
	2016–present	Selkʼnam	Main article: Selk'nam flag
		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

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

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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Chilean Olympic Committee
	?–present	Football Federation of Chile

Flag	Date	Base	Description
Current
	?–present	Captain Arturo Prat Base	Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile

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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  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

• 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)