Flag of the Republic of El Salvador

Flag of the Republic of El Salvador

Description

  • Three horizontal bands of blue, white, and blue, with the national coat of arms centred on the white band
  • The coat of arms features a triangle (equality), five volcanoes (the Central American federation), a Phrygian cap, and the motto Dios Union Libertad
  • Adopted on 17 September 1912, restoring the colours of the United Provinces of Central America

Trivia

  • The blue-white-blue pattern is shared with Argentina, Honduras, and Nicaragua, all descended from the flag of the United Provinces of Central America
  • The five volcanoes on the coat of arms represent the original five states of the Central American federation
  • The civil flag bears the inscription Dios Union Libertad (God Union Liberty) in gold instead of the full coat of arms

Flag of El Salvador

The flag of El Salvador displays three horizontal bands of blue, white, and blue, with the national coat of arms at the centre of the white band. It was adopted on 17 September 1912, restoring the colour scheme of the United Provinces of Central America, the federal republic that briefly united Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador after independence from Spain in 1821.

The blue bands stand for the sky and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that border Central America, while the white represents peace and solidarity. The coat of arms features a triangle for equality and justice, five volcanoes for the original federation states, a Phrygian cap rising through clouds, and the motto Dios, Union, Libertad. The civil variant replaces the coat of arms with that motto in gold.

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