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SITE ON THE ORIGIN, DESIGN AND SYMBOLOGY OF THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD
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BOLIVIA
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Official name:
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Capital: Sucre
Idiom: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
Form of Government: Presidential Plurinational State
Currency: Bolivian
Demonym: Bolivian/-na
Administrative divition: 9 Departments
FLAG
It was adopted on October 31, 1851 during the government of President Manuel Isidoro Belzu. On a horseback trip from the city of La Paz to Oruro to attend the National Congress called by him, and in the vicinity of Pasto Grande, Belzu saw a rainbow that shone under the sky whose predominant colors were red, yellow and green. . The president ordered Minister Juan Crisóstomo Unzueta to present a memorial to the convention on October 30 to change the colors of the Bolivian flag. It was hoisted for the first time in Oruro, located in the land of the Uru ethnic group, the oldest in the Bolivian highlands.
civil flag
Proportion: 15 x 22
state flag
Proportion: 15 x 22
The Bolivian flag is described as a rectangle in red, yellow and green triband. The first description of the colors, as well as the interpretation of their meaning, was established in the Supreme Decree of July 14, 1888 during the government of Gregoria Pacheco.
With the establishment of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (August 5, 2009) during the government of Evo Morales, some modifications were made to the symbology of the flag, as well as the exact colors.
- The upper red stripe represents the blood shed by the heroes for the birth and preservation of the republic and consolidation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
- The central yellow stripe represents the mineral and subsoil riches. -
- The lower green stripe represents the richness of nature and hope, as a main value of Bolivian society.
OTHER FLAGS
THE WIPHALA
The wiphala is a quadrangular flag of seven colors used by the Andean peoples. In Bolivia it is recognized as a national symbol since February 7, 2008. It is hoisted to the left side of the Bolivian national flag.
In 1979 German Choque Condori, also known as Onka Waskar Chukiwanka, known as the "restorer of the wiphala", designed the contemporary wiphala, which consists of 7 colors and 49 quadrants, based on recurring designs in the Andean symbology of quadrants or checkerboard designs. found in textiles or ceramics from pre-Hispanic periods. The adopted colors are based on a story by a chronicler named Santa Cruz Pachacuti between 1612 and 1613, who wrote about a symbolic moment when Manco Cápac left Lake Titicaca in which the crossing of two rainbows was observed, hence he relates the 7 colors.
wifala
Ratio: 1 x 1
NAVAL PAVILION
The war flag or naval flag of Bolivia is made up of a sea-blue cloth by the Tricolor and the Wiphala, in the canton (upper part of the pole), surrounded to the right and below by nine golden stars that represent the nine departments of the country. In the lower right corner there is a star that represents the Department of the Coast and the desire to recover an outlet to the Pacific Ocean. This was created by Supreme Decree 07583 of April 13, 1966, and modified by Law No. 920, of March 27, 20172
Naval Pavilion
Proportion: 15 x 22
CONSTRUCTION
To : 572 | B : 130 | C : 150 | D : 211
COLORS
33 %
Red
HEX CODE
# d52b1e
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE BLOOD SPILLED FOR INDEPENDENCE
33 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# f9e300
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS MINERAL AND SUBSOIL WEALTH
33 %
Green
HEX CODE
# 007934
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS NATURAL WEALTH AND HOPE
HISTORY
first flag of
bolivia
1825 - 1826
second flag of
bolivia
1826 - 1831
first flag of
bolivia
1825 - 1826
second flag of
bolivia
1826 - 1831
third flag of
bolivia
1831
Confederate flag
Peruvian - Bolivian
1836 - 1839
REGIONAL FLAGS
flag of the
Department of
beni
flag of the
Department of
Chuquisaca
flag of the
Department of
Cochabamba
flag of the
Department of
Peace
flag of the
Department of
Oruro
flag of the
Department of
panda
flag of the
Department of
Potosi
flag of the
Department of
Santa Cruz
flag of the
Department of
tarija
SHIELD
Throughout its history, Bolivia had two national coats of arms; the first adopted on August 17, 1825; and the second adopted on July 26, 1826, which underwent several modifications. Its current version was approved on August 5, 2009.
The oval whose field is light blue, has an oblong elliptical shape, contains in its lower part the ten golden stars corresponding to the nine departments in which the country is divided, the tenth star corresponds to the department of the Coast lost in the War dl Pacific with Chile. At the top is the inscription "BOLIVIA" in gold letters.
In the center of the oval, a rising sun behind the Cerro Rico de Potosí and the chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Minor hill. The Cerro Rico de Potosí, known by the original inhabitants as the Sumaj Orcko ("magnificent hill"). Sacred place for those who lived in its vicinity. Its silver riches were discovered in 1545, becoming one of the richest silver mines in the world, symbolizing the bonanza of natural resources. The Cerro Menor is associated with the Cerro Rico de Potosí complex, constituting a kind of mountain altar, where the Chapel of the Sacred Heart stands.
Ahead three symbolic elements of the wealth and prosperity of the country are arranged. The white alpaca symbolizes the richness of the country's fauna. The bundle of wheat symbolizes the abundant food resources and the Janchi Coco or Zunga palm tree symbolizes the country's plant wealth.
On the sides of the oval there are six tricolor pavilions supported by six spears, four rifles and two cannons, symbols of strength and power. On the right side, next to the mouth of one of the cannons, stands the axe, and on the other the Phrygian cap of liberty that represents the republican form. In the upper part, on the oval, surrounded by olive and laurel branches, symbols of peace and victory, the condor rises majestically, in an attitude of taking flight.
