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Saturday 13 February 2016

The History Of Bolivian Flag For The Future

By Bob Viking


Landlocked Bolivia is equal in size to California and Texas combined. Brazil forms its eastern border; its other neighbors are Peru and Chile on the west and Argentina and Paraguay on the south. Famous since Spanish colonial days for its mineral wealth, modern Bolivia was once a part of the ancient Inca empire. After the Spaniards defeated the Incas in the 16th century, Bolivia's predominantly Indian population was reduced to slavery.

The flags of Bolivia didn't always look like they do today. On the 17th of August, 1825, just eleven days after Bolivia declared its independence from Spain, the first Bolivian flag and crest were created.

Its stripes were green-red-green, with the red stripe being marginally wider than the other two. Five stars were sewn onto the more extensive red stripe, that speaks of the five regions the nation had at the time.

This variant was adjusted on the 26th of July, 1826 when Congress changed the shade of the upper green stripe to yellow making it yellow-red-green. The 5 stars on the red stripe were supplanted by a national crest.

Like every country's banner has a reason or importance credited to the hues as well as insignias, the Bolivian Flag has its own significance. The red stripe on top of the Bolivian banner is illustrative of the Bolivian trooper's fortitude with regards to their nation. Yellow stands for the rich mineral assets of the nation. Green symbolizes the fruitfulness of their land.

On November 6, 1851, President Manuel Belzu simply reorganized the colors to reflect the order of the colors found in the kantuta and the patuju, the two Bolivian National Flowers: red-yellow-green. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the national flag of Bolivia for the future generations.




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