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Republic of Chile
La Estrella Solitaria
Use
National flag and ensign
Proportion
2:3
Adopted
18 October 1817; 206 years ago (1817-10-18)
Design
A horizontal bicolor of white and red with the blue square ended on the upper hoist-side corner of the white band bearing the white five-pointed star in the center.
Designed by
Ignacio Zenteno or Gregorio de Andía y Varela.
Presidential Standard
Design
Same design as the National Flag with the National Coat of Arms superimposed at the center.
Designed by
Alfonso Martinez Delpelao
Original design
Design
Design of the flag used from 1818 to 1912 with the star tilted.
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The flag of Chile consists of two equal-height horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It was adopted on 18 October 1817. The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as La Estrella Solitaria[1] (The Lone Star). It is the only flag in South America whose design was influenced by the flag of the United States.
It has a 3:2 ratio between length and width, it is divided horizontally into two bands of equal height (the lower being red). The upper area is divided once: into a square (blue), with a single centered white star; and into a rectangle (white), whose lengths are in proportion 1:2. It is in the stars and stripes flag family.
The star represents Venus, significant to the country's indigenous Mapuches,[2] symbolizing a guide to progress and honor while other interpretations say it refers to an independent state; blue symbolizes the sky and the Pacific Ocean, white is for the snow-covered Andes, and red stands for the blood spilled to achieve independence.[3]
According to the epic poem La Araucana, the colors were derived from those from the flag flown by the Mapuche during the Arauco War. "Flag Day" is held each year on the ninth of July to commemorate the 77 soldiers who died in the 1882 Battle of La Concepción.
^Claudio Navarro; Verónica Guajardo. "Símbolos: La Bandera" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
^Cite error: The named reference Guaquil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"The CIA World Factbook". Retrieved 21 April 2010.
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