The national flag of France is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue, white, and red. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands. While not the first tricolour, it became one of the most influential flags in history. The tricolour scheme was later adopted by many other nations in Europe and elsewhere, and, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past".
The flag of Guatemala, often referred to as the National Pavilion or the Blue-and-White, features two colors: sky blue and white. According to decree, the two sky blue stripes represents strength, justice, truth and loyalty. The white color signifies purity, integrity, firmness and light. The blue and white colors, like those of several other countries in the region, are based on the flag of the former Federal Republic of Central America. The flag consists of three vertical stripes: two light blue stripes on the edges, representing the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and a central white stripe symbolizing peace and purity.
The national flag of Cuba consists of five alternating stripes and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the Estrella Solitaria, or the Lone Star flag. It is in the stars and stripes flag family.
The national flag of Ecuador, which consists of horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, was first adopted by law in 1835 and later on 26 September 1860. The design of the current flag was finalized in 1900 with the addition of the coat of arms in the center of the flag. Before using the yellow, blue and red tricolor, Ecuador's former flag had three light blue stripes and two white stripes with three white stars for each province of the country. The design of the flag is very similar to those of Colombia and Venezuela, which are also former constituent territories of Gran Colombia. All three are based on a proposal by Venezuelan General Francisco de Miranda, which was adopted by Venezuela in 1811 and later Gran Colombia with some modifications. There is a variant of the flag that does not contain the coat of arms that is used by the merchant marine. This flag matches Colombia's in every aspect, but Colombia uses a different design when her merchant marine ships are at sail.
The flag of El Salvador features a horizontal triband of cobalt blue-white-cobalt blue, with the coat of arms centered and entirely contained within the central white stripe. This design of a triband of blue-white-blue is commonly used among Central American countries. The country's flag is one of the few that currently use the color purple, due to the rainbow in its coat of arms.
The national flag of Panama was made by María de la Ossa de Amador and was officially adopted by the "ley 48 de 1925". The Panamanian flag day is celebrated on November 4, one day after Panamanian separation from Colombia, and is one of a series of holidays celebrated in November known as the Fiestas Patrias.
The Flag of Peru, often referred to as The Bicolour, was adopted by the government of Peru in 1825, and modified in 1950. According to the article 49 of the Constitution of Peru, it is a vertical triband with red outer bands and a single white middle band. Depending on its use, it may be defaced with different emblems, and has different names. Flag day in Peru is celebrated on 7 June, the anniversary of the Battle of Arica.
The flag of Spain, as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe. Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name la Rojigualda (red-weld). That middle stripe bears the Coat of Arms.
The flag of Buenos Aires is the official flag used by the different areas and dependencies of the Government of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. adopted on October 24, 1995.
The flag of the Republic of the Rio Grande was used in 1840, during 283 days from January 17 to November 6, as long as the republic existed. This country was formed by the northeastern Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. The flag was no longer used following the defeat of the Republic of the Rio Grande by Mexican troops.
The national flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence, and subsequent First Mexican Empire.
The flag of Puerto Rico, officially the Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, represents Puerto Rico and its people. It consists of five equal horizontal stripes, alternating from red to white, with a blue equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bearing a large, sharp, upright, five-pointed white star in the center. The white star stands for the archipelago and island, the three sides of the triangle for the three branches of the government, the blue for the sky and coastal waters, the red for the blood shed by warriors, and the white for liberty, victory, and peace. The flag is popularly known as the Monoestrellada (Monostarred), meaning having one star, a single star, or a lone star. It is in the Stars and Stripes flag family.
The flag of Castilla–La Mancha is one of the representative symbols of the Autonomous Community of Castilla–La Mancha, in Spain, defined by its Statute of Autonomy.
The flag of Earth is a concept of a possible flag design meant to symbolize the planet Earth, humankind, or a possible world government.
The flag of the Argentine province of Chaco is rectangular, divided into three vertical stripes, light green, white and light blue. In the middle stripe there is also a symbol of the Sun of May at the top and an plough surrounded by twenty-five golden stars at the bottom. The stars represent the twenty-five departments in the province. The plough symbolizes agriculture, which is the most important sector of the province's economy and is also found on the coat of arms.
The flag of Resistencia is one of the official symbols of Resistencia, Argentina, the capital of the Argentine province of Chaco. The colours of the flag are the same as the provincial flag. Green refers to the natural character of the territory. Blue, white and golden yellow refer to the national flag, and blue also symbolizes the waters through which the first immigrants from Friulia arrived. The white square in the middle of the flag refers to the topography of the city, whose streets are oriented at an angle of 45° to the north. In the center of the flag is a symbol now called the Resistencia sun. The sun has two meanings, it refers to the Sun of May from the national flag and represents the central square of the city with the streets branching off from it.
The Santa Fe flag is a symbol of the Argentine province of Santa Fe, features a vertical tricolour of red, white and blue. In the center is the oval coat of arms of the province. The roots of this design date back to the League of the Free Peoples and the Argentine Civil War. Although the flag was abandoned during the era of centralization in the 1880s, it was reinstated in 1986.
The flag represents the Argentine province of Corrientes was adopted in 1986. The flag features a horizontal triband of light blue-white-light blue, with a small blue triangle, motto and coat of arms on a white stripe.
The flag of Córdoba Province in Argentina is a triband consisting of red, white, and light blue bands charged with a gold Sun with 32 rays in the centre. The flag was selected in a competition in 2010, but the colour shades were changed in 2014. White and blue are the colours of the Argentine national flag. The symbolizes the province's autonomy and the early period of the province's history, when it belonged to the League of the Free Peoples. The sun refers to the Sol de Mayo and to the symbol of the Jesuits created by Ignatius Loyola in 1541.
