List of Nicaraguan flags
National flag[edit]
Flag | 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] |
Ethnic group flags[edit]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Garifuna people |
Subdivision flags[edit]
Departments[edit]
Flag | 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[edit]
Flag | Subdivision | Adopted | Description | |
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North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region | ||||
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region |
Political flags[edit]
Flag | 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[2] |
Historical flags[edit]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1524-1785 | Flag of New Spain | ||
1785-1821 | Flag of New Spain | ||
1821–1823 | Flag of the First Mexican Empire | ||
1823–1824 | Flag of the United Provinces of Central America | ||
1824–1838 | Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
National flag | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
State flag | ||
1839–1856 1873–1889 |
Merchant Navy flag | ||
1852–1854 | Attributed flag | ||
1856–1857 | Flag under William Walker | ||
1857–1873 1893–1896 |
National flag | ||
1889–1893 | Attributed flag | Similar to the Costa Rican 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[edit]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1919–2003 | House flag of the Lloyd Nicaragüense | Based on William Walker's flag | |
House flag of the Mamenic Line | Based on Nicaraguan flag with inscription — MAMENIC at the at the centerpiece of white band[3] |
Military flags[edit]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces | A red flag with two inscriptions — EJERCITO DE NICARAGUA (top) and PATRIA Y LIBERTAD (bottom) — emblem of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces at the center[4] |
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Nicaragua.
References[edit]
- ^ "Country Flags With Purple". Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Nicaragua - National Political Party Flags". fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Nicaragua - Houseflags of Shipping Companies". fotw.info. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "La Bandera del Ejército de Nicaragua" (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 17 April 2024.