Banner o Bolivie

The current banner o Bolivie wis oreeginally adoptit in 1851. The state banner an ensign (an war banner) is a horizontal tricolor o reid, yellae, an green wi the Bolivian coat o airms in the center. Accordin tae ane soorce, the reid staunds for Bolivie's brave soldiers, while the green seembolizes fertility an yellae the naition's mineral deposits.^[1]

Accordin tae the new constitution, the Wiphala is considered a naitional seembol o Bolivie (alang wi the banner, naitional anthem, coat o airms, the cockade; kantuta flouer an patujú flouer).^[2]

Despite its landlockit status, Bolivie haes a naval ensign uised bi navy vessels on rivers an lakes. It consists o a blue field wi the state banner in the canton bordered bi nine sma yellae five-pointit starns, wi a lairger yellae five-pointit starn in the flee. The nine sma starns represent the nine depairtments o Bolivie, an the lairger starn the naition's rigcht tae access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War o the Paceefic).

State banner an ensign. Banner ratio: 15:22
Naval ensign. Banner ratio: 2:3
The Wiphala, An aa Airmed Forces Banner

Historical banners

Bandera Menor (1825–1826)
Bandera Mayor (1825–1826)
Bandera Menor (1826–1851)
Bandera Mayor (1826–1851)
Armed Forces banner (till 2010). Banner ratio: 15:22

References

↑ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/bolivia_flag.html Archived 2006-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Artículo 6. II. Los símbolos del Estado son la bandera tricolor rojo, amarillo y verde; el himno boliviano; el escudo de armas; la wiphala; la escarapela; la flor de la kantuta y la flor del patujú." (Article 6. II. State symbols are the flag tricolor red, yellow and green; the Bolivian national anthem; coat of arms; the wiphala; the cockade; the flower of kantuta and the flower of patujú.) Constitution of Bolivia

Freemit airtins

Bolivie at Flags of the World

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[1] ttp://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/bolivia_flag.html Archived 2006-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Artículo 6. II. Los símbolos del Estado son la bandera tricolor rojo, amarillo y verde; el himno boliviano; el escudo de armas; la wiphala; la escarapela; la flor de la kantuta y la flor del patujú." (Article 6. II. State symbols are the flag tricolor red, yellow and green; the Bolivian national anthem; coat of arms; the wiphala; the cockade; the flower of kantuta and the flower of patujú.) Constitution of Bolivia

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