Flags of South America

A map of South America with national flags, excluding dependent territories

This is a gallery of flags of South American countries and affiliated international organizations.

International

Flag Date Use Description
1996 – Flag of the Andean Community
1994 – Flag of Mercosur
2011 – Flag of the Union of South American Nations

Flags of South American sovereign states

Flag Date Use Description
1861 – Flag of Argentina
See also: List of Argentine flags 		A horizontal bicolor triband of blue, white and blue with the Sun of May in the center.
1851 – Flag of Bolivia
See also: List of Bolivian flags
1889 – Flag of Brazil
See also: List of Brazilian flags
1817 – Flag of Chile
See also: List of Chilean flags 		A blue square in the top hoist corner that symbolizes the sky and Pacific Ocean, with a white star in that blue square representing the planet Venus,[1] and two stripes with the white one symbolizing the snow covered Andes and the red one symbolizing the blood spilled to achieve independence.[2]
1861 – Flag of Colombia
See also: List of Colombian flags 		A wide yellow band at the top recalls the federation of Greater Colombia. A blue band in the center represents independence. The red band at the bottom symbolizes courage.[3]
1860 – Flag of Ecuador
See also: List of Ecuadorian flags
1966 – Flag of Guyana
See also: List of Guyanese flags
2013 – Flag of Paraguay
See also: List of Paraguayan flags
1825 – Flag of Peru
See also: List of Peruvian flags
1975 – Flag of Suriname
See also: List of Surinamese flags
1830 – Flag of Uruguay
See also: List of Uruguayan flags
2006 – Flag of Venezuela
See also: List of Venezuelan flags

Flags of South American dependencies and other territories

Flag Date Use State (status) Description
1976 – Flag of Aruba Netherlands (constituent country)
1981 – Flag of Bonaire Netherlands (special municipality)
1984 – Flag of Curaçao Netherlands (constituent country)
1999 – Flag of the Falkland Islands United Kingdom (overseas territory)
2015 – Flag of French Guiana France (overseas region and department)
1999 – Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United Kingdom (overseas territory)

Flags of South American cities

Flags of cities with over 1 million inhabitants.

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1822 Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil
1822 – 1853 Flag of the Empire of Brazil
1853 – 1889 Flag of the Empire of Brazil
1889 Flag of the First Brazilian Republic
1889 – 1960 Flag of Brazil
1960 – 1968 Flag of Brazil
1968 – 1992 Flag of Brazil
1876 – 1925 Flag of the Falkland Islands
1925 – 1948 Flag of the Falkland Islands
1948 – 1999 Flag of the Falkland Islands
1875 – 1906 Flag of British Guiana
1906 – 1919 Flag of British Guiana
1919 – 1955 Flag of British Guiana
1955 – 1966 Flag of British Guiana
1821 – 1822 Flag of the Protectorate of Peru
1822 Flag of the Peruvian Republic
1822 – 1825 Flag of the Peruvian Republic
1836 – 1839 Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
1992 – 1999 Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
1959 – 1975 Flag of Suriname
1828 – 1830 Flag of Uruguay
1811 – 1812 Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela
1813 – 1814 Flag of the Second Republic of Venezuela
1817 – 1819
1859 		Flag of the Third Republic of Venezuela
1830 – 1836 Flag of the State of Venezuela
1836 – 1859 Flag of the State of Venezuela
1859 – 1863 Flag of the Republic of Venezuela
1863 – 1905 Flag of the United States of Venezuela
1905 – 1930 Flag of the United States of Venezuela
1930 – 2006 Flag of Venezuela

See also

Lists of flags of South American countries
  • List of Argentine flags
  • List of Brazilian flags
  • List of Chilean flags
  • List of Colombian flags
  • List of Ecuadorian flags
  • List of flags of Peru
  • List of Uruguayan flags
  • List of flags of Venezuela

References

  1. ^ Guaquil, Rodolfo Manzo (5 May 2018). Los verdaderos emblemas de la República de Chile: 1810-2010 (in Spanish). p. 23. Otro aspecto importante en la bandera es la estrella de cinco puntas e inclinada que representa a la wünelfe, nombre que con que los indígenas mapuches asignaban al planeta Venus...
  2. ^ "The CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  3. ^ Complete Flags of the World (5th ed.). DK. 2009. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.
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