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SITE ON THE ORIGIN, DESIGN AND SYMBOLOGY OF THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD
#TO / ARGENTINA / South America
ARGENTINA
.AR
Official name:
Argentinian republic
Capital: Buenos Aires
Idiom: Spanish
Form of Government: Presidential republic
Currency: Argentine peso
Demonym: Argentine/-na
Administrative divition: 23 Provinces and 1 Autonomous City
FLAG
It is based on the flag created by Juan Manuel Belgrano, who designed it with the light blue and white colors of the national cockade. It was hoisted for the first time in Rosario, on February 27, 1812.
National flag
Proportion: 10 x 16
The meaning of the colors is discussed. Some opinions hold that white represents silver, while the light blue stripes may represent the sky and the waters of the Río de la Plata. Others consider that the colors represent the mantle of the Virgin Mary, in her dedication to the Immaculate Conception.
The truth is that it was expressly inspired by the rosette created days before and that it wore the light blue and white colors of the Spanish House of Bourbon, in turn taken from the mantle of the Immaculate Conception.
The sun in the center, added by the Congress of Tucumán, represents the Inca sun god, Inti. This vindicated the disappeared Tahuantinsuyu, seen by the patriots as an antecedent of their freedom, and was related to the project of crowning a descendant of the Incas as sovereign of the United Provinces.
OTHER FLAGS
Bow Pavilion
Proportion: 7 x 8
Presidential Flag
Proportion: 10 x 16
ICONOGRAPHY
Sun of May
MEANING
It represents the Inca solar god, Inti. It symbolizes the independence initiated in the May Revolution.
CONSTRUCTION
To : 144 | B : 60 | C : 90 | D : 50 | E : 20
COLORS
66 %
Light blue
HEX CODE
# 74acdf
SYMBOLIZES:
IT IS BASED ON THE COLORS OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON. REPRESENTS THE SKY AND THE WATERS.
31 %
White
HEX CODE
#ffffff
2 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# f6b40e
SYMBOLIZES:
IT IS BASED ON THE COLORS OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON. SYMBOLIZES SILVER.
1 %
Brown
HEX CODE
# 85340a
HISTORY
first flag of
Argentina
1812
Flag of
Argentina
1812 - 1818
Flag of
Argentina
1819 - 1820
Flag of
Argentina
1835 - 1850
Flag of
Argentina
1850 - 1861
REGIONAL FLAGS
flag of the
City of
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
flag of the
Province of
Buenos Aires
flag of the
Province of
Catamarca
flag of the
Province of
Chaco
flag of the
Province of
Chubut
flag of the
Province of
Cordova
flag of the
Province of
currents
flag of the
Province of
Between rivers
flag of the
Province of
Formosa
flag of the
Province of
Jujuy
flag of the
Province of
The Pampa
flag of the
Province of
The Rioja
flag of the
Province of
mendoza
flag of the
Province of
Missions
flag of the
Province of
Neuquen
flag of the
Province of
Black river
flag of the
Province of
jump
flag of the
Province of
San Juan
flag of the
Province of
saint Louis
flag of the
Province of
Santa Cruz
flag of the
Province of
Santa Fe
flag of the
Province of
Santiago del Estero
flag of the
Province of
Land of Fire
flag of the
Province of
Tucuman
SHIELD
It was officially approved on March 12, 1813 by the General Constituent Assembly of that year.
The elliptical shape of the body of this shield corresponds to the upper profile view of a human head since a laurel wreath is placed on it. Such shield is divided into two fields: the upper half is light blue and the lower half is white.
Other symbols are added to this basal design. The twinning of the Río de La Plata Unit Provinces is attributed to the human forearms that shake their hands; the Phrygian cap directed to the left symbolizes freedom and is supported by both hands from a symmetrical vertical pike in the middle of the fields, which symbolizes the commitment of the provinces to defend freedom. The shield is crowned by a rising sun figured with 21 alternating straight and flaming rays that symbolizes the birth of the new nation. The Laurea (or laurels) arranged as crowning the head of every citizen represent the victory and triumph in the achievement of independence. Finally, the bow-shaped ribbon represents the Argentine nationality.
