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Flag of department of Río Negro

The flag of Río Negro, in Uruguay, consists of three horizontal stripes: the upper and lower ones blue and the middle one white.

Flag of department of Río Negro
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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
19951995 · 31 years ago
Colours
  • Blue
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Sky blue
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 three stripes

  2. 1

    The ear of wheat

  3. 2

    The sun

  4. 3

    The anchor

  5. 4

    The two waves

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, con tres franjas horizontales y un emblema propio en el centro.

Franja superior
de azur (azul).
Franja central
de plata (blanco), cargada con el emblema.
Franja inferior
de azur.
Emblema
espiga de trigo, sol, ancla y dos ondas, en la franja central. No es un escudo heráldico y no tiene blasón.

What it carries

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

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  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 de Río Negro (departamento)” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: Coquimbo58, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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