Flag of Bolivia

The current flag of Bolivia was originally adopted by Bolivia in 1851. The state flag and ensign (and war flag) is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow, and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center. The civil flag and ensign of Bolivia omits the coat of arms.

According to one source, the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits. [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/bolivia_flag.html]

The Wiphala is established as the dual flag of Bolivia along with the red, yellow, and green banner in the newly drafted and proposed Bolivian constitution to be ratified by national referendum in 2008.

Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the canton bordered by nine small yellow five-pointed stars, with a larger yellow five-pointed star in the fly. The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star the nation's right to access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War of the Pacific).

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* [http://www.rree.gov.bo/bolivia/DECRETO.pdf Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia] , Decreto Supremo No 27630 (2004) stating the colours, proportions (note also the flag of the Armed Forces)