A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the coat of arms
Designed by
Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Wiphala
Dual flag
Use
National flag
Proportion
1:1
Adopted
7 February 2009
Design
Banner composed of a 7-by-7 square patchwork in seven colours, arranged diagonally.
Maritime Flag
Use
Naval ensign [2]
Proportion
2:3
Naval jack
Naval Jack
Proportion
1:1
Design
A red, yellow and green square.
The Wiphala and the tricolor flying on the presidential Palacio Quemado in La Paz.
The flag of Bolivia is the national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source,[3] the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits.
State Flag of Bolivia on flagpole
According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered a national symbol of Bolivia (along with the tricolor flag, national anthem, coat of arms, the cockade; kantuta flower and patujú flower).[4]
Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the canton bordered by nine small yellow five-pointed stars, with a larger yellow five-pointed star in the fly. The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star the nation's right to access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War of the Pacific).
^ abFrance. Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine (2000). Albums des pavillons nationaux et des marques distinctives (in French). Brest: SHOM. ISBN 2-11-088247-6. OCLC 468544080.
^"Bolivian naval ensign".
^Torre, Manuel Alejandro De la (16 December 2023). "Flags of Bolivia: A Symbol of Pride and Identity". Zelosos por Buenas Renovables. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^"Artículo 6. II. Los símbolos del Estado son la bandera tricolor rojo, amarillo y verde; el himno boliviano; el escudo de armas; la wiphala; la escarapela; la flor de la kantuta y la flor del patujú." (Article 6. II. State symbols are the flag tricolor red, yellow and green; the Bolivian national anthem; coat of arms; the wiphala; the cockade; the flower of kantuta and the flower of patujú.) Constitution of Bolivia Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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