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Flag of Cartagena de Indias, in use for the United Provinces of New Granada: 1814–1816: Flag of Cartagena de Indias, in use for the United Provinces of New Granada: 1819–1820: 1st Flag of Great Colombia: 1820–1821: 2nd Flag of Great Colombia: 1821-1831: 3rd Flag of Great Colombia: 1830–1834: Flag of Republic of New Granada: 1834 - July ...
The national flag of Colombia symbolizes that the nation gained its independence from Spain on 20 July 1810. [1] It is a unequal horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue and red in a 2:1:1 ratio. The yellow stripe takes up a half of the flag while the blue and red stripes take up a quarter of the space each.
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.
It is also known as the "Cabot Flag" as the IV Division was led by Lieutenant General Juan Manuel Cabot. It is the only flag of an Argentine province whose reverse differs from the obverse. San Luis: 1988 [25] The flag displays the provincial coat of arms centered on a white field. Santa Cruz: 2000 [26] Santa Fe: 1986 [27]
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
As defined in the Constitution of Colombia Decree number 861 of May 17, 2014 in Article 1, the pavilion, flag and standard of the Republic of Colombia is composed by the yellow, blue and red colors distributed in three horizontal stripes. The yellow top stripe is positioned in the upper area of the flag and has a width of half of the entire ...
Flag of Colombia; List of Colombian flags; G. Flag of Gran Colombia; P. Flag of the president of Colombia This page was last edited on 16 June 2024, at 00:36 (UTC) ...