List of Nicaraguan flags

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
  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

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Flag Date Use Description
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

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Flag Date Use Description
  Flag of the Garifuna people

Subdivision flags

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Departments

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Flag Subdivision Adopted Description
    Boaco
    Carazo
    Chinandega
    Chontales
    Estelí
    Granada
    Jinotega
    León
  Madriz
    Managua
    Masaya
    Matagalpa
    Nueva Segovia
    Rivas
    Rio San Juan

Autonomous Regions

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Flag Subdivision Adopted Description
    North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
    South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

Political flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  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

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Flag Date Use Description
  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

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Flag Date Use Description
  1919–2003 House flag of the Lloyd Nicaragüense Based on William Walker's flag

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Country Flags With Purple". Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. ^ "Bandera del Ejército de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). Ejército de Nicaragua. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Nicaragua - National Political Party Flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-03.