List of Chilean flags

This is a list of flags used in Chile. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Chile.

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1818–	National flag and ensign	Three cantons. In superior level, a blue square to the left with a white five-ponted star within, and a white rectangle to the right. In the inferior level, a red rectangle.
	1818–	Flag of Chile (vertical)

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1920– (creation) 1967– (Legal regulation)	Presidential flag	A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.
		Ambassador flag	A blue flag with white-edged 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.

Military flags

Chilean Army

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Chilean Army	A red flag with the army emblem in the center.

Chilean Navy

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945–	Naval jack	A squared blue flag with a star in the center

Chilean Air Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Chilean Air Force	A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of Chilean Air Force in the center.

Police flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Carabineros de Chile

Civil ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	1910s–present	Pilot flag
Former
	19th century	Pilot flag

Regions

See also: Regions of Chile

Flag	Date	Administrative division		Description
	2008–present		Arica and Parinacota	White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
	1996–present		Atacama	Main article: Flag of Atacama
	?–present		Antofagasta	Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
	2013–present		Aysén	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center
	?–present		Biobío	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2013–present		Coquimbo	Blue flag with a white star in the left down corner. To the top, in the middle, a yellow sun and a light blue sky. In the right superior side, a green land with dark green bands.
	?–present		La Araucanía	Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2013–present		Los Lagos	Main article: Flag of Los Lagos
	2008–present		Los Ríos	Main article: Flag of Los Ríos Region
	1997–present		Magallanes	Main article: Flag of Magallanes
	2002–present (last modification)		Maule	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2018–present		Ñuble	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	?–present		O'Higgins	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2013–present		Santiago Metropolitan Region	Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
	2008–present		Tarapacá	White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
	?–present		Valparaíso	Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.

Unofficial regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2014–present	Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region es
	1990s–present	Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region
		Unofficial flag of Bío-Bío Region
	2014–present	Unofficial flag of Chilean glaciers
		Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago
	2020–present

Historical flags

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
National flags
	1818–1912	Flag of the Republic of Chile	Design of the flag with the star tilted.
	1826–1854	Civil flag of the Republic of Chile
	1818–1834	First design of the actual flag, also called "Independence Flag"
	1818	Alternative flag of the Republic of Chile	Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip.
	1817–1818	Flag of the Republic of Chile, now also called "Transitory flag"	Three horizontal strips blue, white and red.
	1812–1814	Flag of the Kingdom of Chile, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland Flag")	Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow.
			Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow, Cross of Santiago and the first coat of arms.
Local national flags
	1888–1902	Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island	Main article: Flag of Easter Island
	1880–1888
	1860s	A recreation of Dutrou-Bornier's flag
	1860–1862	Flag of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia	Main article: Flag of the Mapuches § Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia

Other historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1890s	Flag of the Selk'nam Genocide survivors	Main article: Selk'nam flag
	1825–1904	Flag of the Litoral Department	Horizontal tricolor of blue, red and yellow with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.
	1820–1822	Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru	Similar to the national flag, with 3 stars
	1817–1820	Flag of the Army of the Andes
	18th and 19th centuries	Old Mapuche flag	Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star).

Ethnic groups flags

Flag	Date	Ethnic group	Description
	2020–present	Afro-Chileans
	2012–present	Alacaluf	Two blue and green triangles divided by a white sash. In the blue triangle, a brown 8-point star. In the green triangle, a human figure made with brown circles.
	1979–present	Aymara	Main article: Wiphala
	2020–present	Chango	Three stripes with marine and reddish colors. A central element that groups together the activities of the town and representative silhouettes of the coastal mountain range and the waves of the sea. Nine white dots accompany the central circle.
	2017–present	Colla people in Chile	Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red.
	2018–present	Diaguita
	1991–present	Mapuche people in Chile	Main article: Flag of the Mapuches
	2006–present	Rapa Nui	Main article: Flag of Easter Island
	2016–present	Selkʼnam	Main article: Selk'nam flag
		Yaghan

Mapuche territories

• 
  Huenteche territory
• 
  Huilliche territory
• 
  Lafquenche territory
• 
  Nagche territory
• 
  Pehuenche territory
• 
  Pehuenche communities of Chiloé Island

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Current
	1988–present	National Renewal
	1979–present	Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)
	1965–present	Revolutionary Left Movement
	1957–present	Christian Democratic Party
	1933–present	Socialist Party of Chile
	1912–present	Communist Party of Chile
Former
	2017–2019	Social Patriot Movement
	2015–2017	Regional and Popular Front
	2010s	Hod Chile es
	2008–2012	Front of the National Order es
	2004–2008	National Socialist Movement of Chilean Workers es
	1999–2010	New Fatherland Society es
	1998–2002	Liberal Party
	1990–2002	Union of the Centrist Center
	1983–1987	National Union Movement
	1973–1989	MAPU Obrero Campesino
	1971–2013	Citizen Left
	1969–1994	Popular Unitary Action Movement
	1973	Popular Unity
	1972–1973
	1969–1972
	1966–1994	National Party
	1952–1983	Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movement es
	1945–1958	Agrarian Labor Party
	1938–1942	Popular Socialist Vanguard
	1932–1938	National Socialist Movement of Chile
Other
	2019–2020	2019 protests flag

Rebel groups flags

Flag	Date	Organization	Description
Former
	1983–1999	Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
	1982–1994	Lautaro Youth Movement
	1971–1973	Fatherland and Liberty
	1968–1971	Organized Vanguard of the People es

Sporting flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Chilean Olympic Committee
	?–present	Football Federation of Chile

Antarctic base flags

Flag	Date	Base	Description
Current
	?–present	Captain Arturo Prat	Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base.

Vexillology Association flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current
	?–present	Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile

Chilean shipping company

Flag	Date	Company	Description
Current
	1953–present	Empresa Marítima del Estado es
	1930–present	Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica es
	1872–present	Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores

Burgees of Chile

• 
  Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico Austral
• 
  Club de Yates Algarrobo
• 
  Club de Yates El Quisco
• 
  Club de Yates Higuerillas
• 
  Yacht Club de Chile

Sources

• The Flags of Chile. Flags of the World
• National symbols of Chile. Chilean Government Official Website (in Spanish)
• Orígenes, mitos y hechos interesantes sobre los símbolos patrios chilenos (in Spanish)
• Decree 1534 of 1967 about National Symbols of Chile (in Spanish)
• Reino de Araucanía y Patagonia - Portal Mapuche (in Spanish)