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Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags. The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of Argentina. [2] [3]
The Central American legislature declared the establishment of a Central American union on 9 October 1852, but resistance from the Nicaraguan Legitimist Party and the outbreak of civil war in Nicaragua led to the union's failure by 1854. [261] [262] Neither El Salvador nor Nicaragua ratified the union's constitution. [258]
Description of flag design from: Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (2000). José Matías Delgado, Prócer Centroamericano.Page 277. ISBN: 9992300574 Coat of arms design derived from a depiction on the Constitution of Central America and from History of El Salvador Volume I, pp. 150–151 and Historia General de Centroamérica – de la Ilustración al Liberalismo (1750–1870) Volume III, p. 100
Flag of the Central American Integration System. Flag of the Caribbean Community. ... Flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation. Flag of the Jeux de la Francophonie.
The flag of Los Altos was a modification of that of the Central American Union, with a central seal showing a volcano in the background with a quetzal (a local bird symbolizing liberty) in front. This was the first Central American flag to use the quetzal as a symbol; since 1871, it has been on the present flag of Guatemala.
The Greater Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Mayor de Centroamérica), later the United States of Central America (Spanish: Estados Unidos de Centroamérica), originally planned to be known as the Republic of Central America (Spanish: República de América Central), was a short-lived political union between El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, lasting from 1896 to 1898.