Back Vlag van Bolivië Afrikaans የቦሊቪያ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ Amharic علم بوليفيا Arabic علم بوليفيا ARZ Wuliwya wiphala Aymara Boliviya bayrağı Azerbaijani Kobér Bolivia BAN Сцяг Балівіі Byelorussian Национално знаме на Боливия Bulgarian বলিভিয়ার ফিরালহান BPY

Flag of Bolivia

Bolivia
La Tricolor
('The Tricolor')
UseCivil flag and ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag[1]
Proportion15:22
Adopted31 October 1851 (1851-10-31)
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green
Designed byManuel Isidoro Belzu
UseState flag and ensign, war flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag[1]
Proportion15:22
Adopted31 October 1851 (1851-10-31)
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the coat of arms
Designed byManuel Isidoro Belzu
Wiphala
Dual flag
UseNational flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:1
Adopted7 February 2009
DesignBanner composed of a 7-by-7 square patchwork in seven colours, arranged diagonally.
Maritime Flag
UseNaval ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag[2]
Proportion2:3
Naval jack
Naval Jack
Proportion1:1
DesignA red, yellow and green square.
The Wiphala and the tricolor flying on the presidential Palacio Quemado in La Paz.

The national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source,[3] the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits.

State Flag of Bolivia on flagpole

According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered a national symbol of Bolivia (along with the tricolor flag, national anthem, coat of arms, the cockade; kantuta flower and patujú flower).[4]

Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the canton bordered by nine small yellow five-pointed stars, with a larger yellow five-pointed star in the fly. The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star the nation's right to access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War of the Pacific).

  1. ^ a b France. Service hydrographique et océanographique de la marine (2000). Albums des pavillons nationaux et des marques distinctives (in French). Brest: SHOM. ISBN 2-11-088247-6. OCLC 468544080.
  2. ^ "Bolivian naval ensign".
  3. ^ Torre, Manuel Alejandro De la (16 December 2023). "Flags of Bolivia: A Symbol of Pride and Identity". Zelosos por Buenas Renovables. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ "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 Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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