National flag
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1975-present | Flag of Nicaragua | A horizontal triband of Azure (top and bottom) and white with the National Coat of Arms centered on the white band.[1] |
Military flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces | Red field with Nicaragua Armed Forces emblem at the centre—two inscriptions (EJERCITO DE NICARAGUA at the top and PATRIA Y LIBERTAD at the bottom)[2] |
Ethnic group flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Garifuna people |
Subdivision flags
editDepartments
editFlag | Subdivision | Adopted | Description | |
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Boaco | ||||
Carazo | ||||
Chinandega | ||||
Chontales | ||||
Estelí | ||||
Granada | ||||
Jinotega | ||||
León | ||||
Madriz | ||||
Managua | ||||
Masaya | ||||
Matagalpa | ||||
Nueva Segovia | ||||
Rivas | ||||
Rio San Juan |
Autonomous Regions
editFlag | Subdivision | Adopted | Description | |
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North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | ||||
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region |
Political flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Alliance for the Republic | |||
Flag of the Citizens' Action Party | |||
Flag of the Conservative Party | |||
Flag of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party | |||
Flag of the Independent Liberal Party | |||
Flag of the National Opposition Union | |||
1912-1979 | Flag of the Nationalist Liberal Party | ||
Flag of the Nicaraguan Christian Democratic Union | |||
Flag of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance | |||
Flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front | [3] |
Historical flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1524–1785 | Burgundy Cross, flag of the Spanish Overseas Territories | ||
1638–1707 | Flag of England | ||
1707–1787 | Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
1785–1821 | War ensign of Spain | ||
1808–1813 | Flag of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte (1808–1813) | ||
1819–1820 | First flag of Great Colombia | ||
1820–1821 | Second flag of Great Colombia | ||
1821 | Flag of the First Mexican Empire | ||
1821–1823 | Flag of the First Mexican Empire | ||
1821–1831 | Third flag of Great Colombia | ||
1823–1824 | Flag of the United Provinces of Central America | ||
1824–1838 | Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America | ||
1831–1834 | Flag of Republic of New Granada | ||
1834–1856 | Flag of Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
National flag | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
State flag | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
Merchant Navy flag | ||
1844–1860 | Flag of The United Kingdom | ||
1844–1860 | Flag of The Miskito Kingdom | ||
1852–1854 | Attributed flag | ||
1856–1857 | Flag under William Walker | ||
1857–1873 1893–1896 |
National flag | ||
1881–1894 | Flag of The Mosquito Reserve | ||
1889–1893 | Attributed flag | ||
1896–1908 | National flag | ||
November 1898 | Flag of Greater Republic of Central America | ||
1908–1971 | National flag | ||
1912–1933 | Flag of the United States used in Nicaragua during U.S. occupation |
House flags
editFlag | Date | Use | Description |
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1919–2003 | House flag of the Lloyd Nicaragüense | Based on William Walker's flag |
See also
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Nicaragua.
References
edit- ^ "Country Flags With Purple". Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Bandera del Ejército de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). Ejército de Nicaragua. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Nicaragua - National Political Party Flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-03.