Flag of Chile

The national flag of Chile was adopted in 1817.

 Appearance 
The flag shows two equally horizontal bands of white (top right); and red (bottom). There is a blue square (left of the white band). The squrare is the same height as the white band. The square shows a white five-pointed star in the center.

Protocol dictates that it can hang horizontally or vertically, but the star must always be located in the top-left corner. 

The colors have meanings:

 Red: represents the blood of Chilean patriots who fought for independence.
 White: represents the snow of the Andes mountains.
 Blue: represents the blue of the skies.
 White star: stresses the fact that Chile is an unitarian republic. (a political system in which the central government controls its republic). 

Note: the Chilean flag is similar to the flag of the American state of Texas.

 Related pages 
 Chile

 Chilean government
 unitary state
 unitary
 republic

 Other websites 
 Description in Flags of the World

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