List of Paraguayan flags

Last updated December 03, 2024

This is a list of flags used in Paraguay.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013 – Today	Flag of Paraguay	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the national coat of arms.
	2013 – Today	Flag of Paraguay (reversed)	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed national coat of arms.

Government flags

Date	Use	Description
2013 – Today	Presidential Flag of Paraguay	A blue field with 4 golden stars in each corner and the coat of arms in the center.^[1]
1990 – 2013	Presidential Flag of Paraguay	A blue field with 4 golden stars in each corner and the coat of arms in the center.^[1]
1842 – 1990	Presidential Flag of Paraguay	A blue field with 4 golden stars in each corner and the coat of arms in the center.^[1]

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013 – Today	Guarani Flag	a horizontal bicolour of red and green.

Military flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1811 – Today	Naval Jack of The Paraguayan Navy	A White field with a red and blue saltire and a White disc with a Golden star in the center.^[2]

Political flags

Date	Use	Description
1990 – Today	Flag of The Free Homeland Party	A horizontal tricolour of red, White and blue with the logo in the center.
1951 – Today	Flag of The Revolutionary Febrerista Party	a green field with the logo in the center.
1887 – Today	Flag of The Colorado Party	a red field with a white star in the canton.
1887 – Today	Flag of The Authentic Radical Liberal Party	a blue field with a white star in the canton.

Department flags

Date	Use	Description
??? – Today	Flag of Asunción	A horizontal tricolor of red (upwards), White and red with the department's arms in the center.^[3]
??? – Today	Flag of Alto Paraguay	A horizontal tricolor of red, White and blue with the motto “forcé, life, prosperity” in the center.
??? – Today	Flag of Alto Paraná	A vertical tricolor of green, White and Brown.
??? – Today	Flag of Amambay	A red field with the white-edged green Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
??? – Today	Flag of Boquerón	A horizontal tricolor of blue, White and green.
??? – Today	Flag of Caaguazú	A horizontal tricolor of red, White and blue with 5 green stars in the center.
??? – Today	Flag of Caazapá	A horizontal bicolor of green and red with a white square ended on the upper hoist-side corner of the green band.
??? – Today	Flag of Canindeyú	a green with 3 bands of blue, White and red downwards.
??? – Today	Flag of Central	a White field with a red stripe and 19 blue stars.
??? – Today	Flag of Concepción	a diagonal bicolor of blue and White and a red stripe between.
??? – Today	Flag of Cordillera	Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and green with a red-edged blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side, a golden 12-pointed star inside the triangle and the department's arms in the center.^[4]
??? – Today	Flag of Guairá	a horizontal bicolor of cyan and purple.
??? – Today	Flag of Itapúa	a horizontal tricolor of green, White and red with the department's arms in the center.
??? – Today	Flag of Misiones	a horizontal tricolor of yellow, White and green separated by two narrow stripes of red and blue and the department's arms in the center.
??? – Today	Flag of Ñeembucú	a horizontal tricolor of White, mint and blue.
??? – Today	Flag of Paraguarí	A white cross with the department's arms in the center that divides the flag into four rectangles, red and green at the top and green and red at the bottom.
??? – Today	Flag of Presidente Hayes	a horizontal tricolor of green (upwards), White and green.
??? – Today	Flag of San Pedro	a vertical tricolor of blue, White and green with the department's arms in the center.

District flags

Date	Use	Description
1957 – Today	Flag of Ciudad del Este	A white field with the district's arms in the center.
??? – Today	Flag of Doctor Juan León Mallorquín	A horizontal bicolor of red and yellow.
1896 – Today	Flag of Domingo Martínez de Irala	A horizontal tricolor of green, White and yellow.
1896 – Today	Hernandarias	An orange field with the white-edged brown Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side and the district arms in the canton.
1958 – Today	Flag of Minga Guazú	A White field with 3 green stars, a diagonal stripe of black and red and the district arms in the center.
1929 – Today	Flag of Presidente Franco	A White field with a red border and the district arms in the center.
1989 – Today	Flag of Santa Rita	six stripes of black and White and the district arms in the center.
1961 – Today	Flag of Colonia Yguazú	seven stripes of White and green and the district arms up the corner.
1899 – Today	Flag of Pedro Juan Caballero	four triangles of red, green, blue and Orange, 14 stars and the district arms in the center.
1845 – Today	Flag of Caaguazú	a horizontal tricolor of green (upper), White and green.
1758 – Today	Flag of Coronel Oviedo	a horizontal tricolor of red (upper), White and red and the district arms in the center.
1956 – Today	Flag of Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia	a horizontal tricolor of Orange, White and blue with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side.
1858 – Today	Flag of Doctor Juan Manuel Frutos	a horizontal tricolor of red (upper), White and red.
1607 – Today	Flag of Caazapá	a horizontal tricolor of red (upper), yellow and red.
1959 – Today	Flag of Salto del Guairá	a White field with 3 diagonal stripes of red, White and blue and the department's arms in the center.
1862 – Today	Flag of Areguá	a White field with 2 diagonal stripes of red and green and the department's arms in the center.
1939 – Today	Flag of Fernando de la Mora	Divided into four rectangles. Going clockwise from the top-left: a White rectangle with the department's arms, a red rectangle, a White rectangle, and a blue rectangle.
1539 – Today	Flag of Itá	4 rectangles of yellow, blue, red and green with a White vertical stripe, 3 small horizontal stripes of red, White and blue and the department's arms in the center.
1962 – Today	Flag of Lambaré	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1868 – Today	Flag of Luque	a horizontal tricolor of blue (upper), gold and blue.
1944 – Today	Flag of Mariano Roque Alonso	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1991 – Today	Flag of Ñemby	a horizontal bicolor of red and White with the department's arms in the center.
1775 – Today	Flag of San Lorenzo	a horizontal tricolor of White (upper), red and White.
1773 – Today	Flag of Concepción	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1770 – Today	Flag of Caacupé	a yellow field with a horizontal green field downwards and the department's arms in the canton.
1770 – Today	Flag of Caraguatay	a horizontal tricolor of White, Orange and green.
1955 – Today	Flag of Nueva Colombia	A horizontal tricolour of yellow (double-width), blue and red, similar to the Colombian Flag.
1636 – Today	Flag of Piribebuy	a red field with the department's arms in the center.
1881 – Today	Flag of San Bernardino	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1539 – Today	Flag of Tobatí	A horizontal bicolor of Green and White.
1570 – Today	Flag of Villarrica	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1946 – Today	Flag of Cambyretá	A Horizontal tricolor of Orange, White and green.
1843 – Today	Flag of Carmen del Paraná	a horizontal tricolor of blue, green and yellow with the department's arms in the center.
1615 – Today	Flag of Encarnación	a White field with 3 diagonal stripes of red, yellow and blue and the department's arms in the center.
1900 – Today	Flag of Hohenau	a Golden saltire on a diagonal bicolor of green and red.
1912 – Today	Flag of Obligado	4 horizontal stripes of cyan, Orange, yellow and green.
1632 – Today	Flag of San Cosme y Damián	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1609 – Today	Flag of San Ignacio	a horizontal tricolor of White, green and red.
1893 – Today	Flag of San Juan Bautista	a horizontal tricolor of yellow, White and green.
1917 – Today	Flag of San Patricio	a horizontal tricolor of red, White and green.
1647 – Today	Flag of Santa María	a horizontal tricolor of yellow, White and green.
1698 – Today	Flag of Santa Rosa	5 horizontal stripes of red (upper), white (upper), blue, White and red.
1779 – Today	Flag of Pilar	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1725 – Today	Flag of Carapeguá and Paraguarí	a White field with the department's arms in the center.
1792 – Today	Flag of Lima	7 stripes of White and red with the department's arms in the center.
1786 – Today	Flag of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	a horizontal tricolor of cyan, Orange and black with the department's arms in the center.

Historical flags

Spanish rule

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1528 – 1785	Flag of The Spanish Empire	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
	1785 – 1811	Flag of The Kingdom of Spain	A horizontal triband flag of red, yellow (double width) and red; charged with the Spanish coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.^[5]

Territories under Portuguese rule

Date	Use	Description
1811 – 1816	Variant of the royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (variant with a heraldic console encircling the shield)
1816 – 1822	National flag	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves)
1811 – 1816	Flag of the Principality of Brazil	The armillary sphere representing the Portuguese navigation on a white field; was the banner of the Princes of Brazil.
1815 – 1822	Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil	A blue field with the armillary sphere in the center.

Historical national flags

Date	Use	Description
1811	Flag of Paraguay	a horizontal tricolor of blue, yellow and red with Spain's arms in the center
1811	Flag of Paraguay	a blue field with a 6 pointed star in the canton.
1811	Flag of Paraguay	a horizontal tricolor of green, White and red.
1811 – 1812	Flag of Paraguay	a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and blue.
1812 – 1826	Flag of Paraguay	a horizontal tricolor of red, White and blue.
1826 – 1842	Flag of Paraguay	a light blue field with a 6 pointed star in the canton.
1842 – 1954	Flag of Paraguay	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the national coat of arms.
1842 – 1954	Flag of Paraguay (reversed)	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed national coat of arms.
1954 – 1988	Flag of Paraguay	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the national coat of arms.
1954 – 1988	Flag of Paraguay (reversed)	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed national coat of arms.
1988 – 1990	Flag of Paraguay	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the national coat of arms.
1988 – 1990	Flag of Paraguay (reversed)	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed national coat of arms.
1990 – 2013	Flag of Paraguay	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the obverse with the national coat of arms.
1990 – 2013	Flag of Paraguay (reversed)	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue, defaced on the reverse with the reversed national coat of arms.

Territories under Argentina

Date	Use	Description
1812	Flag of Manuel Belgrano	a horizontal bicolor of white and light blue.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
1812 – 1818	The Flag of Macha (Officially adopted in 1816)	a triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands colored light blue, white and light blue^[6]
1818 – 1819	Flag of the United Provinces	a triband, composed of three equal horizontal bands colored light blue, white and light blue with a yellow Sun of May in the center.^[10]
1819 – 1820	The flag briefly had a darker color	^[11]
1820 – 1831	The old color was restored	^[12]
1831 – 1835	Flag chosen by Juan Manuel de Rosas after his ascension to power and in the newly created Argentine Confederation
1835 – 1850	Flag of the Argentine Confederation
1850 – 1861	Flag of the Argentine Confederation
1861 – 1876	Flag of Argentina. Utilized a more obtuse aspect ratio

Territories under Bolivia

Date	Use	Description
1821–1822	Flag of The Protectorate of Peru	A diagonal quartered red and White field with the coat of arms in the center.
1825–1826	Flag of Bolivia	A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with a golden 5-pointed star decorated with a laurel in the center of the red band.
1825–1826	State Flag of Bolivia	A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with 5 golden 5-pointed stars decorated with a laurels in the center of the red band.
1826–1831	Flag of Bolivia	A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with a horizontal yellow band upwards.
1826–1831	State Flag of Bolivia	A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with a horizontal yellow band upwards and the coat of arms in the center.
1831–1851	Flag of Bolivia	A horizontal tricolor of yellow, red and green.
1831–1851	State Flag of Bolivia	A horizontal tricolor of yellow, red and green with the coat of arms in the center of the red band.
1836–1839	Flag of The Peru–Bolivian Confederation	A red field with the arms of the 3 states of the confederation on a laurel.
1851 – 1938	Flag of Bolivia	A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green.
1851 – 1938	State Flag of Bolivia	A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the coat of arms centered in the yellow band.

Territories under Brazil

Date	Use	Description
1822	Flag of the newly independent Kingdom of Brazil	The Prince Royal's Personal Standard with a Royal Crown instead of an Imperial.
1822 – 1853	Flag of the Empire of Brazil	The Imperial Coat of Arms, within a yellow rhombus representing the House of Habsburg, on a green field representing the House of Braganza.^[13]
1853 – 1876	Flag of the Empire of Brazil	The Coat of arms of Brazil, within a yellow rhombus representing the House of Habsburg, on a green field representing the House of Braganza.^[13]

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