Chile Flag
The history of the Chile flag is very old, back in the 18th century. The Chile flag history started from the 12th February 1818, when the Chile became an independent state and gained its independence from the Spain. It is one of the oldest flag of the world. The flag of Chile was adopted round about four months before the independence of the Chile on 18th October 1817. The history of the Chile is also painted with the blood of the freedom fighters, which struggled a lot for the independence of the Chile.
The flag of Chile is like the United States state flag of Texas. There are two versions of the Chile flag used in the country: one is the vertical version of the Chilean flag while the other version of the Chile flag is horizontal. But one interesting thing in Chile flag is that, in both the versions of Chilean flag, the white color star is always present on the upper left corner of the flag. But the Chile national flag which is used mostly for the official purpose is in horizontal direction.
The description of the Chile flag is little bit complicated because the color arrangements and the star is used very esthetically, but not so difficult that one can’t explain it in words. The flag of Chile is made in the proportion of 2:3. In the horizontal version of the Chile flag, there are two horizontal strips on the flag of Chile having white and red color. The white color horizontal strip is present on the upper side while the red color horizontal strip is present on the lower side. The red color and the white color horizontal strips are of equal length on the flag of Chile. There is a blue color square present on the upper left corner of the Chile flag, just above the white color horizontal strip. The height of the blue square is equal to the height of the white color horizontal strip on the Chilean flag. There is a white five pointed star present in the blue color square of the Chilean flag.
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While the vertical version of the Chilean flag has same colors but there is a change in the arrangement of the colored strips. There are two vertical strips on the Chile flag: at the pole side there is a white color strip while at the flown side of the flag red color strip is drawn. The length and width of both strips are equal. One thing is same in both versions of the Chile flag, that is, there is blue color square with five pointed white color star is on the upper left side of the flag, upon the white color horizontal strip is drawn.
The very common question is: what is the meaning of the colors present on the Chile flag? So its answer is not controversial. The red color strip on the flag of Chile depicts the blood-shed of freedom fighters for the freedom of Chile from the Spain. The white red color strip on the flag of Chile depicts the Andes mountains snow, while the blue color square on the flag of Chile depicts the sky of the Chile. The star on the flag of Chile strongly emphasize on the point that the Chile is not a federal republic but it is a Unitarian republic.
One can download pictures of the Chile flag from internet very easily, either in the animated form or in the static form. Along with the information of the Chile flag, the geographical information about Chile is also available on the internet.
