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Chile Flag
Chile's national flag combines a blue canton carrying a single white star with a white upper field and a red lower field. The compact star canton gives...
Where is Chile?
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About Chile and its flag
Chile's national flag combines a blue canton carrying a single white star with a white upper field and a red lower field. The compact star canton gives the flag an immediate focal point, while the broad white-and-red field makes it easy to recognise from a distance.
Flag design and meaning
A blue square canton sits at the upper hoist and contains one white five-pointed star. The rest of the upper half is white, while the entire lower half is red. The blue canton and its single star must appear together; neither is a centred symbol.
- Blue canton and white star: The official design places one white five-pointed star in the blue upper-hoist canton, making that small field the flag's defining visual feature.
History and adoption
Chile's Foreign Ministry records the flag's legalisation on 18 October 1817 and its first public use on 12 February 1818. Later specifications addressed proportions in 1854 and the star in 1912. The Ministry notes competing designer attributions, so this page does not name one person as the settled designer.
How to recognise this flag
- Find the single white star in the blue upper-left canton before checking the white-over-red field.
- Chile differs from Texas-style flags because its blue canton occupies only the upper hoist area, not the full height of the flag.
Chile flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the Chile flag is currently grouped as medium difficulty for quiz progression.
Its region is listed as South America, which helps place the country among nearby geography questions in the game.
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