List of Chilean flags

This is a list of flags used in Chile. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Chile.

National flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1818-	National flag, State flag, State ensign, Civil ensign and War ensign	Three cantons. In superior level, a blue square to the left with a white five-ponted star within, and a white rectangle to the right. In the inferior level, a red rectangle.
	1818-	Flag of Chile (vertical)

Presidential standard[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1920- (creation) 1967- (Legal regulation)	Presidential flag	A flag of Chile with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Ambassador flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Ambassador flag	Used as a pennant on a car.

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Ministry of National Defense	A dark blue flag with the Chilean coat of arms in the center.

Chilean Army[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Chilean Army	A red flag with the army emblem in the center.

Chilean Navy[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1945-	Naval jack	A squared blue flag with a star in the center

Chilean Air Force[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Chilean Air Force	A sky blue flag with the coat of arms of Chilean Air Force in the center.

Police flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Carabineros de Chile

Vexillology Association flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the Corporación Nacional de Vexilología de Chile

Regions[]

	Adopted	Description
Arica and Parinacota	2008	White flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
Tarapacá	2008	White flag with the coat of arms of Tarapacá Region in the center.
Antofagasta		Blue flag with the Regional Intendance logo
Atacama	1859 (in revolution), 1996-	Flag of Atacama
Coquimbo	2013	Blue flag with a white star in the left down corner. To the top, in the middle, a yellow sun and a light blue sky. In the right superior side, a green land with dark green bands.
Valparaíso		Blue flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Santiago Metropolitan Region	2013	Dark grey flag with the Regional Government logo in the center.
O'Higgins		White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Maule	2002 (last modification)	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Ñuble		White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Biobío		White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center.
La Araucanía (unofficial)		Three horizontal stripes (blue, white and red) with the regional coat of arms in the center.
Los Ríos	2008	Flag of Los Ríos Region
Los Lagos	2013	Flag of Los Lagos
Aisén	2013	White flag with the regional coat of arms in the center
Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region	1997	Flag of Magallanes

Unofficial regional flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	-	Unofficial flag of Chiloé Archipelago
	1990s	Unofficial flag of Araucanía Region
	2017	Flag of Juan Fernández Islands
	2015	Unofficial flag of Arica y Parinacota Region ^es

Communes[]

Political flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Communist Party of Chile
		Flag of Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action)
		Flag of Christian Democratic Party
		Flag of Socialist Party of Chile
		Flag of National Renewal
		Flag of Independent Democratic Union
	2013-2018	Flag of Nueva Mayoría
	2014-2018	Flag of Amplitude
	1988-2013	Flag of Concertación
	1983–1999	Flag of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
	1971-2013	Flag of Citizen Left
	1969-1994	Flag of Popular Unitary Action Movement
	1973-1989	Flag of MAPU Obrero Campesino
		Flag of Revolutionary Left Movement
	1952-1983	Flag of Revolutionary National Syndicalist Movement^es
	1983-1987	Flag of National Union Movement
	1932-1938	Flag of National Socialist Movement of Chile
	1945-1958	Flag of Agrarian Labor Party
	1849-1966	Flag of Liberal Party
	1966-1994	Flag of National Party
	1990-2002	Flag of Union of the Centrist Center
	1969–1972 1972–1973 1973	Flag of Popular Unity

Ethnic groups flags[]

Date	Use	Description
1991–present	Wenufoye, the Flag of Mapuche people	Five horizontal strips. In the top and down, two black stripes with twelve white gemil ("diamonds") each one. In the center, three light blue, green and red stripes. In the center, a yellow kultrun ("ceremonial drum") with red lines and pictures.
2006–present	Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people	White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted in wood).
2006–present	Flag of Aymara people	Wiphala
2012–present	Flag of Alacaluf people	Two blue and green triangles divided by a white sash. In the blue triangle, a brown 8-point star. In the green triangle, a human figure made with brown circles.
2020–present	Flag of Chango people	Three stripes with marine and reddish colors. A central element that groups together the activities of the town and representative silhouettes of the coastal mountain range and the waves of the sea. Nine white dots accompany the central circle.
2017–present	Flag of Colla people	Four horizontal stripes yellow, white, black and red.
2018–present	Flag of Diaguita people
-	Flag of Qulla people
-	Flag of Yaghan people
2020–present	Flag of Afro-Chileans people

Mapuche territories[]

Huenteche territory
Huilliche territory
Lafquenche territory
Nagche territory
Pehuenche territory
Pehuenche communities of Chiloé Island

Historical flags[]

Date	Use	Description
1506-1701 16th and 17th centuries	Mapuche military flag during the Arauco War	Blue field with a guñelve (eight-pointed star).
?-1557	Mapuche flag, used by Lautaro forces, in Arauco War	Light blue gemil with a guñelve star bordered by black triangles
1541-1785	Burgundy Cross, flag of the Spanish forces in Arauco War and flag of the Spanish Overseas Territories	A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
1785–1812, 1814-1817	Spanish national flag and war ensign
1812-1814	First National Flag, also called Bandera de la Patria Vieja ("Old Fatherland Flag")	Three horizontal strips blue, white and yellow.
1812-1814	Alternative version of the First Chilean flag	Different order of the strips, with the first Chilean coat of arms and a red Cruz de Santiago (Cross of St. James) in the top left corner.
1814-1817	Flag of the Andes, ensign of the Army of the Andes, now the provincial flag of Mendoza (Argentina)	Two rectangles, white and light blue, with the coat of arms in the center.
1817-1818	Second National Flag, now also called Bandera de Transición ("Transitory flag")	Tricolour similar to flag of Yugoslavia, Three horizontal strips blue, white and red.
1818, only a few days	Alternative flag	Tricolour similar to flag of Russia, Three horizontal strips white, blue and red, with a white star in blue strip.
1818-1834	First design of the actual flag, also called Bandera de la Independencia ("Independence Flag")	Similar to flags of Texas, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, and to actual ensign for Chilean Independence flag, with the coat of arms in the center, and a black eight-pointed star within the white five-pointed star.
1820–1822	Flag used in Liberating Expedition of Peru
1826-1854	Civil flag
1860-1862	Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia	Three horizontal strips blue, white and green.
?-1888	Flag of the Kingdom of Easter Island	Similar to actual Reimiro flag, with four black manutaras (mythological bird) in each corner.