Colombia Flag
The
Colombia Flag has bands of three colors red, blue and yellow which are unequal in size.
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The yellow band of color on the top of the flag is slightly wider in size. The official date of adoption of the Colombian flag is 1861. The yellow color in the flag represents Latin America of which Colombia is a part.
The blue color in the national flag of Colombia signifies the Atlantic Ocean which parts Colombia from Spain, its previous colonizer. The red part in the flag depicts the blood-spattered freedom struggle of this country. The designer of the Colombian flag was inspired by the flag which Christopher Columbus used in his expedition.
Official Name: Republica de Columbia
Capital: Santafe de Bogota (Formerly Bogota)
Location: In northwestern South America on the coast of the Caribbean and the pacific bordered by Panama Venezuela Peru and Ecuador.
Area: 1, 138,910 Sq. km.
Official Language: Spanish
National Flag: Three horizontal stripes of yellow blue red with the yellow of double width.
Flag Ratio: 2:3
National Anthem: Oh! Gloria Inmarcessible "Oh Unfading Glory" (1920)
Official Name: Republica de Columbia
Capital: Santafe de Bogota (Formerly Bogota)
Location: In northwestern South America on the coast of the Caribbean and the pacific bordered by Panama Venezuela Peru and Ecuador.
Area: 1, 138,910 Sq. km.
Official Language: Spanish
National Flag: Three horizontal stripes of yellow blue red with the yellow of double width.
Flag Ratio: 2:3
National Anthem: Oh! Gloria Inmarcessible "Oh Unfading Glory" (1920)
