This is a list of flags used in Chile. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Chile.

National flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  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.
  1818– Flag of Chile (vertical)

Governmental flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  1920– (creation)
1967– (Legal regulation)
Presidential flag A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.
  Ambassador flag A blue flag with white and red nordic cross and a white star in the canton. Used as a pennant on a car.
  Flag of the Ministry of National Defense A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Military flags

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Chilean Army

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Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Chilean Army A red flag with the army emblem in the center.

Chilean Navy

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

Chilean Air Force

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Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Chilean Air Force A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of Chilean Air Force in the center.

Police flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Carabineros de Chile

Vexillology Association flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile

Regions

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Flag Administrative division Adopted Description
    Arica and Parinacota 2008 White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
    Atacama 1859 (in revolution), 1996- Flag of Atacama
    Antofagasta Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
    Aysén 2013 White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center
    Biobío White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
    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.
    La Araucanía Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
    Los Lagos 2013 Flag of Los Lagos
    Los Ríos 2008 Flag of Los Ríos Region
    Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region 1997 Flag of Magallanes
    Maule 2002 (last modification) White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
    Ñuble 2018 White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
    O'Higgins White 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.
    Tarapacá 2008 White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
    Valparaíso Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.

Unofficial regional flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  2014 Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region es
  1990s Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region
  Unofficial flag of Bío-Bío Region
  2014 Unofficial flag of Chilean glaciers
  Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago
  2020
  2015 Flag of Juan Fernández Islands

Communes

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Political flags

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Flag Date Party Description
current
  2019-2020 2019 protests flag
  1988–present National Renewal
  1983–present Independent Democratic Union
  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
  2014-2018 Amplitude
  2013-2018 Nueva Mayoría
  2008-2012 Front of the National Orderes
  2004-2008 National Socialist Movement of Chilean Workerses
  1999-2010 New Fatherland Societyes
  1990-2002 Union of the Centrist Center
  1988-2013 Concertación
  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
  1932-1938 National Socialist Movement of Chile
  1849-1966 Liberal Party
other
  2007-2009 Revolutionary Anarchist Front
  1983–1999 Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
  1982-1994 Lautaro Youth Movement
  1968-1971 Organized Vanguard of the Peoplees

Ethnic groups flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  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.
  2006–present Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood).
  1979–present Flag of Aymara people Wiphala
  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.
  2016–present Flag of Selk'nam people 2 Horizontal stripes of dark red and white with a black lance in the center and 4 golden 6-pointed stars in the canton.
  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.
  2017–present Flag of Colla people in Chile Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red.
  2018–present Flag of Diaguita people
  - Flag of Yaghan people
  2020–present Flag of Afro-Chileans people

Mapuche territories

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Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  1477–1541 Inca Imperial Banner Two long yellow snakes on the sides, in the center a green, yellow and red rainbow, with the crown of the Inca sapa.
  1506–1701
16th and 17th centuries
Mapuche military flag during the Arauco War 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
  ?–1557 Standard of the Toqui. a red swallowtailed field with a guñelve star
  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 and war ensign
  19th Century Selk'nam people Flag This version of the Selk'nam flag was created in a sewing workshop in the late 19th century by Selk'nam girls and women at the Salesian Mission of San Rafael on Dawson Island, Chile. The design of this flag responds to the fact that according to their mythology when they died they became stars.
  1812–1814 First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old 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 The Flag of Macha A horizontal triband of light blue (top), white and light blue.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  1818–1912 National flag Design of the flag with the star tilted.
  1818–1819
1820–1825
Flag of the United Provinces A horizontal tricolor of light blue (top), white and light blue with the Sun of May in the center.
  1819–1820 Flag of the United Provinces A horizontal tricolor of blue (top), white and blue with the Sun of May in the center.
  1820–1822 Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru Similar to the national flag, with 3 stars
  1821–1822 Flag of The Protectorate of San Martín (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) 2 triangles of white and red with the coat of arms in the center.
  1822 Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A horizontal triband of red (top), white and red with the inca sun in the center
  1822–1825 Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the inca sun in the center
  1825–1826 Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with 5 golden 5-pointed stars decorated with a laurels in the center of the red band
  1825–1836
1839–1884
Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the coat of arms in the center
  1825–1904 Flag of The Litoral Department a horizontal tricolor of blue, red and yellow with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist.
  1826–1831 Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with a horizontal yellow band upwards and the coat of arms in the center
  1826–1854 Civil flag
  1831–1851 Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) A horizontal tricolor of yellow, red and green with the coat of arms in the center of the red band
  1836–1839 Flag of The Peru–Bolivian Confederation (in Antofagasta, Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A red field with the arms of north and south peru and bolivia in the center.
  1836–1839 Flag of South Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A vertical field of red color on the left (with a sun and four stars) and two horizontal fields on the right of green (above) and white (below).
  1851–1904 Flag of Bolivia (in Antofagasta) A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the coat of arms centered in the yellow band.
  1860–1862 Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia Three horizontal strips blue, white and green.
  1860s A recreation of Dutrou-Bornier's flag.
  1880–1888 Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner.
  1884–1929 Flag used in Peru (in Tarapacá, Arica & Parinacota) A Vertical triband of red, white and red with the coat of arms in the center
  1888–1902 Flag of Easter Island Similar to the flag of Chile, with white and red fields reversed, and the star in the blue canton replaced by Christian and traditional Rapa Nui symbols. Used during the first years after the annexation until the arrival of the ship Baquedano in 1902.

House flags of Chilean freight companies

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Flag Date Use Descpription
  Flag of CSAV
  Flag of Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánicaes

Burgees of Chile

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Flag Club
  Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico Austral
  Club de Yates Algarrobo
  Club de Yates El Quisco
  Club de Yates Higuerillas
  Yacht Club de Chile

Antarctic base flags

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Flag Base Descpription
  Captain Arturo Prat Plain white field charged with the coat of arms of the base.

References

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Sources

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