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The flag of the U.S. state of Texas is similar to the Chilean flag. The flag of Texas was designed and adopted on 25 January 1839; whereas Chile adopted a flag similar to today's Chilean flag 22 years earlier on 18 October 1817. Nearly two decades before the then-national flag was approved by the Texas Congress and President Mirabeau B. Lamar.
Presidential flag: A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. Ambassador flag A blue flag with white and red nordic cross and a white star in the canton. Used as a pennant on a car. Flag of the Ministry of National Defense: A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.
Mapuche women of Tirúa Chileans with flags of Chile. Mexican professor Francisco Lizcano, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, estimated that 52.7% of Chileans were white, 39.3% were mestizo, and 8% were Amerindian. [193] According to Encyclopædia Britannica as of year 2002 only 22% of Chileans were white and 72% were mestizo. [194]
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Español: Bandera de Chile usada de 1818 a 1826 y como bandera castrense y gubernamental de 1826 a 1912. English: Flag of Chile used from 1818 to 1826, and as government flag from 1826 to 1912. Date
The Flag of Valdivia, which is composed of a red saltire on a white field is thought to have originated from the Spanish Cross of Burgundy, as the city of Valdivia in southern Chile was a very important stronghold of the Spanish Empire. The Cross of Burgundy appears on the coats of arms of the Chilean cities of Talca and Osorno.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.