Official Flag Of Bolivia

The national flag of bolivia was originally adopted in 1851.

Official flag of bolivia. In 2009 president evo morales who is of aymara origin and the first indigenous president of bolivia declared that the the whipala a checkered flag in rainbow colors would be a new second official bolivian flag and must be flown anywhere bolivia s original official flag is flown side by side. The flags of bolivia didn t always look like they do today. Alex garofolo 27 jan 2015. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red yellow and green with the bolivian coat of arms in the center.

Its stripes were green red green with the red stripe being slightly wider than the other two. According to one source the red stands for bolivia s brave soldiers while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation s mineral deposits. This set off much controversy among the general bolivian population at the time. The current flag of bolivia was originally adopted by bolivia in 1851.

The law of belzu does not incorporate the national shield in the tricolor pavilion but. Three symmetrical horizontal stripes. The last change to the current bolivian flag design was in 1851. It displays three horizontal stripes of red yellow and green with the bolivian coat of arms in the center.

The official symbolism of the flag s colours was altered by the 2004 decree. On the 17th of august 1825 just eleven days after bolivia declared its independence from spain the first bolivian flag and crest or cot of arms were created. Bolivia flag download this royalty free vector in seconds. Along with the dominican republic haiti afghanistan ecuador.

Red symbolizes the brave soldiers of bolivia green for fertility and yellow as the nation s mineral deposits. The upper fringe is red the middle fringe yellow and the lower fringe green. The bolivian flag is a horizontal tricolour with in the center an emblem. In whitney smith s flags through he ages and across the world the red is said to stand for the bravery of the bolivian soldier green is the fertility of the land and yellow represents the country s mineral resources.

It has a width to length ratio of 2 to 3. The used colors in the flag are red green yellow. The national code governs by the law of 5 of november of 1851 dictated in the presidency of manuel isidoro belzu. Horizontally striped red yellow green national flag that incorporates the national coat of arms when it is flown by the government.

The proportion of the bolivian flag is 15 22. Larger bolivia flag large selection of south american flags. The flag of bolivia was adopted in 1851. The first use of the current flag design was in 1851.