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.
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National flags
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1818- | National flag, State flag, State ensign, Civil ensign and War 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. |
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1818- | Flag of Chile (vertical) |
Presidential standard
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1920- (creation) 1967- (Legal regulation) |
Presidential flag | A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Ambassador flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Ambassador flag | Used as a pennant on a car. |
Military flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Ministry of National Defense | A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center. |
Chilean Army
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Chilean Army | A red flag with the army emblem in the center. | |
Chilean Navy
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1945- | Naval jack | A squared blue flag with a star in the center |
Chilean Air Force
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
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Flag of the Carabineros de Chile |
Vexillology Association flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | Flag of the Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile |
Regions
| Flag | Administrative division | Adopted | Description | |
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 |  | Arica and Parinacota | 2008 | White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. |
 |  | Tarapacá | 2008 | White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center. |
 |  | Antofagasta | Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo | |
 |  | Atacama | 1859 (in revolution), 1996- | Flag of Atacama |
 |  | Coquimbo | 2013 | 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. |
 |  | Valparaíso | Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
 |  | Santiago Metropolitan Region | 2013 | Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center. |
 |  | O'Higgins | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
 |  | Maule | 2002 (last modification) | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. |
 |  | Ñuble | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
 |  | Biobío | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
 |  | La Araucanía (unofficial) | Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center. | |
 |  | Los Ríos | 2008 | Flag of Los Ríos Region |
 |  | Los Lagos | 2013 | Flag of Los Lagos |
 |  | Aysén | 2013 | White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center |
 | .svg.png.webp) | Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region | 1997 | Flag of Magallanes |
Unofficial regional flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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- | Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago | |
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1990s | Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region | |
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2015 | Flag of Juan Fernández Islands | |
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2014 | Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region es | |
Communes
Political flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Communist Party of Chile | ||
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Flag of Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) | ||
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Flag of Christian Democratic Party | ||
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Flag of Socialist Party of Chile | ||
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Flag of National Renewal | ||
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Flag of Independent Democratic Union | ||
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2013-2018 | Flag of Nueva Mayoría | |
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2014-2018 | Flag of Amplitude | |
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1988-2013 | Flag of Concertación | |
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1983–1999 | Flag of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front | |
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1971-2013 | Flag of Citizen Left | |
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1969-1994 | Flag of Popular Unitary Action Movement | |
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1973-1989 | Flag of MAPU Obrero Campesino | |
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Flag of Revolutionary Left Movement | ||
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1952-1983 | Flag of Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movementes | |
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1983-1987 | Flag of National Union Movement | |
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1932-1938 | Flag of National Socialist Movement of Chile | |
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1945-1958 | Flag of Agrarian Labor Party | |
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1849-1966 | Flag of Liberal Party | |
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1966-1994 | Flag of National Party | |
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1990-2002 | Flag of Union of the Centrist Center | |
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1969–1972 1972–1973 1973 |
Flag of Popular Unity | |
Ethnic groups flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991–present | Wenufoye, the Flag of Mapuche people | Five horizontal strips. In the top and down, two black stripes with twelve white gemil ("diamonds") each one. In the center, three light blue, green and red stripes. In the center, a yellow kultrun ("ceremonial drum") with red lines and pictures. |
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2006–present | Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people | White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood). |
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2006–present | Flag of Aymara people | Wiphala |
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2012–present | Flag of Alacaluf people | 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. |
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2020–present | Flag of Chango people | 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. |
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2017–present | Flag of Colla people | Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red. |
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2018–present | Flag of Diaguita people | |
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- | Flag of Qulla people | |
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- | Flag of Yaghan people | |
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2020–present | Flag of Afro-Chileans people |
Mapuche territories
Huenteche territory
Huilliche territory
Lafquenche territory
Nagche territory
Pehuenche territory
Pehuenche communities of Chiloé Island
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1506-1701 16th and 17th centuries |
Mapuche military flag during the Arauco War | Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star). |
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?-1557 | Mapuche flag, used by Lautaro forces, in Arauco War | Light blue gemil with a guñelve star bordered by black triangles |
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1541-1785 | Burgundy Cross, flag of the Spanish forces in Arauco War and flag of the Spanish Overseas Territories | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
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1785–1812, 1814-1817 | Spanish national flag and war ensign | |
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1812-1814 | First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland Flag") | Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow. |
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1812-1814 | Alternative version of the First Chilean flag | Different order of the strips, with the first Chilean coat of arms and a red Cruz de Santiago (Cross of St. James) in the top left corner. |
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1814-1817 | Flag of the Andes, ensign of the Army of the Andes, now the provincial flag of Mendoza (Argentina) | Two rectangles, white and light blue, with the coat of arms in the center. |
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1817-1818 | Second National Flag, now also called Bandera de Transición ("Transitory flag") | Tricolour similar to flag of Yugoslavia, Three horizontal strips blue, white and red. |
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1818, only a few days | Alternative flag | Tricolour similar to flag of Russia, Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip. |
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1818-1834 | First design of the actual flag, also called Bandera de la Independencia ("Independence Flag") | Similar to flags of Texas, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, and to actual ensign for Chilean Independence flag, with the coat of arms in the center, and a black eight-pointed star within the white five-pointed star. |
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1820–1822 | Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru | |
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1826-1854 | Civil flag | |
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1860-1862 | Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia | Three horizontal strips blue, white and green. |
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?-1888 | Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island | Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner. |
House flags of Chilean freight companies
| Flag | Date | Use | Descpription |
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Flag of CSAV | ||
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Flag of Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánicaes | ||
Burgees of Chile
| Flag | Club |
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 | Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico Austral |
 | Club de Yates Algarrobo |
 | Club de Yates El Quisco |
 | Club de Yates Higuerillas |
.svg.png.webp) | Yacht Club de Chile |
Antarctic base flags
| Flag | Base | Descpription |
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Captain Arturo Prat | Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base. |
Political flags
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)
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