List of Chilean flags

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

FlagDateUseDescription
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.
1945- Naval Jack A squared blue flag with a star in the center

Presidential standard

FlagDateUseDescription
1920-
1967 (Legal regulation)		 Presidential flag A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Regions

See: Regions of Chile

FlagDateUseDescription
2008- Flag of Tarapacá Region White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
Flag of Antofagasta Region Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
1859 (in revolution), 2003- Flag of Atacama Region Blue field with a yellow star in center.
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.
Flag of Valparaíso Region Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Flag of the O'Higgins Region White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2002 (last modification) Flag of Maule Region White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Flag of Biobío Region White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Flag of Araucanía Region (unofficial) Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2013 Flag of Los Lagos Region Two horizontal stripes (green and blue), with the Southern Cross in the left superior corner.
Flag of Aisén Region
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.
Flag of Santiago Metropolitan Region Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
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.
2008 Flag of Arica and Parinacota Region White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.

Comunal flags

Indigenous peoples

FlagDateUseDescription
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.
2006 Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood).
2006 Flag of Aymara people
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

Historical flags

Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1506-1701
16th and 17th centuries		 Mapuche military flag during the Arauco War Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star).
?-1557 Mapuche flag, used by Lautaro forces, in Arauco War Light blue gemil with a guñelve star bordered by black triangles
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.
1785-1812, 1814-1817 Spanish national flag and war ensign
1812-1814 First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Olg Fatherland Flag") Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow.
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.
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.
1817-1818 Second National Flag, also called Bandera de Transición ("Trasitory flag") Three horizontal strips blue, white and red.
Proposal of 1818, never used officially Proposal of flag Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip.
1818-¿1834? First design of the actual flag, also called Bandera de la Independencia ("Independence Flag") Similar to actual ensign, with the coat of arms in the center, and a black eight-pointed star within the white five-pointed star.
1860-1862 Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia Three horizontal strips blue, white and green.
?-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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