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List of Chilean flags
This is a list of flags used in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

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Flag of Chile
The national flag of Chile, consists of two unequal horizontal bands of white and red and a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five-pointed star in the center. It was adopted on October 18, 1817...

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National Flags

Flag	\|Use	National flag National flag A national flag is a flag that symbolizes a country. The flag is flown by the government, but usually can also be flown by citizens of the country.Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses may fly the national flag... , State flag State flag There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology – the flag of the government of a sovereign state, and the flag of an individual subnational state.-Government flag:... , State ensign, Civil ensign Civil ensign The civil ensign is the national flag flown by civil ships to denote nationality... 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.
	1945-	Naval Jack	A squared blue flag with a star in the center

Presidential Standard

Flag	\|Use	Presidential Flag President of Chile The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...	A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms Coat of arms of Chile The coat of arms of Chile dates from 1834 and was designed by the English artist Charles Wood Taylor. It is made up by a figurative background divided in two equal parts: the top one is blue and the bottom, red. A five pointed white star is in the centre of the shield... in the center.

Regions

See: Regions of Chile

Flag	\|Use	Tarapacá Region Tarapacá Region The I Tarapacá Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The port city of Iquique The I Tarapacá...	White flag with the Coat of Arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
		Flag of Antofagasta Region Antofagasta Region The II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...	Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
	1859 (in revolution), 2003-	Flag of Flag of Atacama The Flag of Atacama Region is one of the regional symbols of the Chilean Atacama Region.This emblem was created in 1859 during the Revolution of 1859, when rebel forces fought against the national government. After the revolutionaries were defeated, the flag went out of use until recent times.The... Atacama Region Atacama Region The Atacama Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Chañaral, Copiapó and Huasco. It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta, to the south by Coquimbo, to east with Provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina, and to west with...	Blue field with a yellow star in center.
		Flag of Coquimbo Region Coquimbo Region The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago.The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre...	Blue flag with the regional Coat of Arms in the center.
		Flag of Valparaíso Region Valparaíso Region The V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...	Blue flag with the regional Coat of Arms in the center.
		Flag of the O'Higgins Region O'Higgins Region The VI O'Higgins Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, one of Chile's founding fathers....	White flag with the regional Coat of Arms in the center.
	2002 (last modification)	Flag of Maule Region Maule Region The VII Maule Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region takes its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2...	White flag with the regional Coat of Arms in the center.
		Flag of Biobío Region	White flag with the regional Coat of Arms in the center.
		Flag of Araucanía Region Araucanía Region The IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south.... (unofficial)	Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
	2002	Flag of Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains the country's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Llanquihue.Its capital is Puerto Montt;...	Blue flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
		Flag of Aisén Region
	1997	Flag of Flag of Magallanes The Flag of Magallanes Region is one of the regional symbols of the Chilean Magallanes Region. This flag was adopted in 1997 by the Regional Government, also with the Regional Coat of Arms.-Design and symbolism:... Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region	Dark blue field with a Southern Cross white stars drawn horizontally. In the down, a design of six gold hills, over them six white chevrons.
		Flag of Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region or simply Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago...	Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
	2008	Flag of Los Ríos Region Los Ríos Region The XIV Los Ríos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2, 2007. It was created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile...	White field crossed by three waved bands yellow, green and blue, and a circle formed by twelve gold stars in the center.
	2008	Flag of Arica and Parinacota Region	White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.

Indigenous peoples

Flag	\|Use	Wenufoye, the Flag of Flag of the Mapuches Mapuche flag is each of the flags used as an emblem and symbol of Mapuche communities and organizations in Chile and Argentina. There are several different flags representing the Mapuche communities and territories.-In Chile:... Mapuche Mapuche The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended... 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.
	2006	Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people	White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculped in wood).
	2006	Flag of Aymara people	.

Flags

Flag	\|Use	Arauco War Arauco War The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people in what is now the Araucanía and Biobío regions of modern Chile...	Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star).
	?-1557	Mapuche flag, used by Lautaro forces, in Arauco War	Light blue gemil with a guñelve star bordered by black triangles
	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.
	1785-1812, 1814-1817	Spanish national flag Flag of Spain The flag of Spain , as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe... and war ensign
	1812-1814	First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Olg Fatherland Flag")	Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow.
	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.
	1814-1817	Flag of the Andes Flag of the Andes The flag of the Andes was a flag used by Argentine patriot José de San Martín and his Army of the Andes during their famous Crossing of the Andes and their subsequent military campaigns to Chile and Peru. The flag of the Andes was personally designed by San Martín and sewn by ladies from the Cuyo... , ensign of the Army of the Andes Army of the Andes The Army of the Andes was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and mustered by general José de San Martín in his campaign to free Chile from the Spanish Empire... , now the provincial flag of Mendoza (Argentina)	Two rectangles, white and light blue, with the coat of arms in the center.
	1817-1818	Second National Flag, also called Bandera de Transición ("Trasitory flag")	Three horizontal strips blue, white and red.
	Proposal of 1818, never used officially	Proposal of flag	Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip.
	1818-¿1834?	First design of the actual flag, also called Bandera de la Independencia ("Independence Flag")	Similar to actual ensign, with the coat of arms in the center, and a black eight-pointed star within the white five-pointed star.
	1860-1862	Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia was the name of a state and kingdom created in the 19th century by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens. Orélie-Antoine de Tounens claimed the regions of Araucanía and eastern Patagonia hence the name of kingdom...	Three horizontal strips blue, white and green.
	?-1888	Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island Easter Island Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...	Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner.

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