Flag of Paraguay

The flag of Paraguay (Spanish: bandera del Paraguay) was officially launched on 27 November 1842. The day of the flag ( Día de la Bandera ) is celebrated on August 14.

Description and significance

Traditionally, the colors of the national flag of Paraguay have the following meanings: Red: Justice ( Justicia ), White: Peace ( Paz ), Blue: Freedom ( Libertad )

The flag of Paraguay has a particularity: If we disregard the special status of Western Sahara, it is the only valid state flag alongside the flag of Saudi Arabia a different front and back. On the front there is the coat of arms, on the back of the Sello de Hacienda. The emblem shows a seated yellow dandelions in front of a brown bar, a red Phrygian cap (Spanish: Gorro frigio ) bears. The motto Paz y Justicia is (Peace and Justice) over the cap.

History

The first mention of the red-white- blue tricolor dates from August 15, 1812, then she was raised in Asuncion with a coat of arms in the middle. It goes back to the year 1806, when the troops of Paraguay led white, blue and red flags as they rushed to the assistance of Buenos Aires against the invasion of the British. According to another version of the dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia led the flag one, inspired by the French tricolor, as he was an admirer of Napoleon.

In the meantime, other flags are mentioned. Thus, a flag was hoisted for the inauguration of the Congress on June 17, 1811, which bore the colors red, yellow and blue, and as an emblem of the coat of arms of the king. Other flags were a red-white- blue with wide median strip and a blue with a white star in the upper right corner.

The aspect ratio was changed several times. The coat of arms was changed in the years 1990 ( front) and 2013 ( front and back ).

? First Paraguayan flag ( 15 May-16 June 1811)

? Flag from August 17, 1811

? Flag of September 30, 1811

9:14? 1812

3:5? 1813

9:14? 1813-1840

2:3? 1842-1954

1:2? 1954-1988

3:5? 1988-1990

3:5? Flag to 2013

? Back before 2013

More flags of Paraguay

Despite a lack of sea access Paraguay has a Navy and this one Gösch for their warships. There are also flags for the President, the Secretary of Defense, the commander in chief of the armed forces and other posts.

Also, departments and districts of the country have their own flags, as well as various parties in Paraguay.