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

Flag Date Use Description
1818–present National and ensign flag 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.
1818–present Flag of Chile (vertical)

Presidential standard

Flag Date Use Description
1920– (creation)
1967– (Legal regulation)		 Presidential flag A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Military

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Ministry of National Defense A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Army

Flag Date Rank Description
Current
Flag of the Chilean Army A red flag with the army emblem in the center.
Rank flags
?–present General of the Army
General of Division
General of Brigade
Military Attaché (if he has the rank of Brigadier or Colonel)

Chilean Navy

Jack

Flag Date Use Description
Current
1945–present Naval jack A squared blue flag with a star in the center

Rank flags

Flag Date Rank Description
Current
?–present Commander-in-Chief
Vice Admiral
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral (not in command)
Rear Admiral (Task Force)
Commodore or Captain
Commodore or Captain (not in command)
Chief Officers
Command pennant of Base or District Commander
Command pennant of Base or District Commander (not in command)
Civilian dignitaries on board
?–present Ambassador, Minister of State, Minister Plenipotentiary or Minister Resident
Regional Quartermaster or Temporary Chargé d'Affaires
Consul General, Consul, Provincial Governor or Vice-Consul
Former
20th century Minister of Marine
?–? Ambassador, Minister of State, Minister Plenipotentiary or Minister Resident A blue flag with white-edged red nordic cross and a white star in the canton. Used as a pennant on a car.
Regional Quartermaster or Temporary Chargé d'Affaires
Consul General, Consul, Provincial Governor or Vice-Consul

Other

Flag Date Use Description
Current
?–present Masthead pennant

Air force

Flag Date Rank Description
Current
Flag of the Chilean Air Force A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of Chilean Air Force in the center.
Rank flags
?–present General of the Air
General of Aviation
General of Air Brigade
Commodore

Police

Flag Date Use Description
Current
Carabineros de Chile

Customs

Flag Date Use Description
Current
?–present Pennant of Customs Inspection
Former
1930s–? Pennant of Customs Inspection

Civil ensign

Flag Date Use Description
Current
?–present Pilot flag
Pennant of Port Captains
Pennant of Health authority
Former
1930s–? Pilot flag
1910s–1930s
19th century–1910s
1930s–? Pennant of Port Captains

Regions

See also: Regions of Chile
Flag Date Administrative division Description
2008–present Arica and Parinacota White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
1996–present Atacama
Main article: Flag of Atacama
?–present Antofagasta Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
2013–present Aysén White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center
?–present Biobío White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2013–present Coquimbo
Main article: Flag of Coquimbo Region
?–present La Araucanía Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2013–present Los Lagos
Main article: Flag of Los Lagos
2008–present Los Ríos
Main article: Flag of Los Ríos Region
1997–present Magallanes
Main article: Flag of Magallanes
2002–present (last modification) Maule White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2018–present Ñuble White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
?–present O'Higgins White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
2013–present Santiago Metropolitan Region Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
2008–present Tarapacá White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
?–present Valparaíso Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.

Unofficial regional flags

Flag Date Use Description
2014–present Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region es
1990s–present Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region
Unofficial flag of Bío-Bío Region
2014–present Unofficial flag of Chilean glaciers
Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago
2020–present

Historical flags

National flags

Flag Date Use Description
National flags
1818–1912 Flag of the Republic of Chile Design of the flag with the star tilted.
1826–1854 Civil flag of the Republic of Chile
1818–1834 First design of the actual flag, also called "Independence Flag"
1818 Alternative flag of the Republic of Chile Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip.
1817–1818 Flag of the Republic of Chile, now also called "Transitory flag" Three horizontal strips blue, white and red.
1812–1814 Flag of the Kingdom of Chile, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland Flag") Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow.
Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow, Cross of Santiago and the first coat of arms.
Local national flags
1888–1902 Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island
Main article: Flag of Easter Island
1880–1888
1860s A recreation of Dutrou-Bornier's flag
1860s Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island
1860–1862 Flag of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
Main article: Flag of the Mapuches § Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia

Other historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1890s Flag of the Selk'nam Genocide survivors
Main article: Selk'nam flag
1825–1904 Flag of the Litoral Department Horizontal tricolor of blue, red and yellow with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.
1820–1822 Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru Similar to the national flag, with 3 stars
1817–1820 Flag of the Army of the Andes
18th and 19th centuries Old Mapuche flag Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star).

Ethnic groups flags

Flag Date Ethnic group Description
2020–present Afro-Chileans
2012–present Alacaluf 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.
1979–present Aymara
Main article: Wiphala
2020–present Chango 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.
2017–present Colla people in Chile Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red.
2018–present Diaguita
1991–present Mapuche people in Chile
Main article: Flag of the Mapuches
2006–present Rapa Nui
Main article: Flag of Easter Island
2016–present Selkʼnam
Main article: Selk'nam flag
Yaghan

Mapuche territories

  • Huenteche territory
  • Huilliche territory
  • Lafquenche territory
  • Nagche territory
  • Pehuenche territory
  • Pehuenche communities of Chiloé Island

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
Current
1988–present National Renewal
1979–present Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)
1965–present Revolutionary Left Movement
1957–present Christian Democratic Party
1933–present Socialist Party of Chile
1912–present Communist Party of Chile
Former
2017–2019 Social Patriot Movement
2015–2017 Regional and Popular Front
2010s Hod Chilees
2008–2012 Front of the National Orderes
2004–2008 National Socialist Movement of Chilean Workerses
1999–2010 New Fatherland Societyes
1998–2002 Liberal Party
1990–2002 Union of the Centrist Center
1983–1987 National Union Movement
1973–1989 MAPU Obrero Campesino
1971–2013 Citizen Left
1969–1994 Popular Unitary Action Movement
1973 Popular Unity
1972–1973
1969–1972
1966–1994 National Party
1952–1983 Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movementes
1945–1958 Agrarian Labor Party
1938–1942 Popular Socialist Vanguard
1934–1940s Araucan Federationes
1932–1938 National Socialist Movement of Chile
Other
2019–2020 2019 protests flag

Rebel groups flags

Flag Date Organization Description
Former
1983–1999 Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
1982–1994 Lautaro Youth Movement
1971–1973 Fatherland and Liberty
1968–1971 Organized Vanguard of the Peoplees

Sporting flags

Flag Date Use Description
Current
?–present Chilean Olympic Committee
?–present Football Federation of Chile

Antarctic base flags

Flag Date Base Description
Current
?–present Captain Arturo Prat Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base.

Vexillology Association flags

Flag Date Use Description
Current
?–present Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile

Chilean shipping company

Flag Date Company Description
Current
1953–present Empresa Marítima del Estadoes
1930–present Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánicaes
1872–present Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores

Burgees of Chile

References

Sources

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