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Flag of Andalusia

Three equal stripes, green, white and green: the flag that Blas Infante designed in 1918 for Andalusia and that is today its official symbol.

Flag of Andalusia
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
198130 December 1981 · 45 years ago
Colours
  • green
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
Designer
Blas Infante
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Take a closer look

  1. The three stripes

  2. 1

    The institutional coat of arms

  3. 2

    The upper stripe

  4. 3

    The lower stripe

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio: the “green-and-white”, three horizontal stripes (stripe: each band of colour) of the same width, green, white and green, with no other colour in the field.

Stripes
green on top, white in the middle and green at the bottom, all three of the same height.
Coat of arms
only in the institutional version, in the centre of the white stripe; it measures 2/5 of the width of the field.
Civil version
the same three colours, with no coat of arms on top.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

Its history in dates

Every date in its story, at a glance.

  1. 1918

    Blas Infante designed this flag in 1918

  2. 1981

    It was approved in 1981 and there are no documented later modifications

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

The flag of Andalusia is the green-and-white: three equal horizontal stripes, green, white and green. No other colours in the field.

How it came about

Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. Blas Infante designed this flag in 1918, and the Junta de Andalusia adopted it as an official symbol on 30 December 1981.

The design is one of the simplest that exist: two green stripes and one white, all of the same width. The original colours are green and white: green and white.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 1981 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

  • Green

    the upper and the lower stripe.

  • White

    the middle stripe.

  • Coat of arms

    only in the institutional version, in the centre of the white stripe. It measures 2/5 of the width of the field.

  • Civil version

    the same three colours, with no coat of arms on top.

Fun facts

  1. Designed in 1918, adopted in 1981

    Blas Infante designed the green-and-white in 1918. It took sixty-three years to become an official symbol. It is a rare case: the design is almost eighty years older than its approval.

  2. Two versions, depending on use

    The civil version is green and white only. The institutional one carries the coat of arms of Andalusia in the centre of the white stripe. It is an unusual distinction: the same flag changes its appearance depending on where it is used.

  3. The coat of arms only appears in one version

    The coat of arms is not on the flag but in one specific variant. The official description makes it clear: two fifths of the width, over the white stripe. The flag flown in the streets does not carry it.

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  2. 2. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  3. 3. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Andalucía” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Miguillen This picture was made for the Taller de Heráldica y vexilología of Spanish Wikipedia., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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