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Flag of Region of Cusco

The flag of Cusco is made up of seven horizontal bands of seven colours in imitation of the rainbow.

Flag of Region of Cusco
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

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

Proportions
4:77 wide for every 4 high. 24 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
19781978 · 48 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • Orange
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Sky blue
  • Blue
  • Purple
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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Take a closer look

  1. The seven stripes

  2. 1

    The coat of arms of Cusco

  3. 2

    The red stripe

  4. 3

    The purple stripe

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 4:7, dividido en siete franjas horizontales iguales, con un emblema circular en el centro.

Franjas
de arriba abajo, rojo, naranja, amarillo, verde, azul claro, azul oscuro y morado.
Emblema
disco dorado, centrado, a caballo de las franjas amarilla, verde y azul claro.

What it carries

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

The full story

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

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Test what you have read about the flag of Región de Cusco.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Región de Cusco?

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

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

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

Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: 燃灯, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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