List of Nicaraguan flags

National flag

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

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

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Garifuna people

Subdivision flags

Departments

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

Autonomous Regions

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

Political flags

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

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		 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag State flag
1839–1856
1873–1889		 Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagMerchant 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

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

  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.