The flag of Áncash (Peru) is blue with the coat of arms of the regional government: a sun among snow-capped peaks, the sea with fish, and a golden condor as the crest.
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It is a blue field with a 2:3 ratio, plain and with no divisions, with the coat of arms of the region in the centre.
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The flag of the Áncash region, in Peru, is a plain blue field with the coat of arms of the regional government in the centre. The coat of arms shows a sun among snow-capped peaks, the sea with fish and a golden condor as its crest.
Áncash is a region in the north of Peru, on the Pacific coast, north of Lima. Its regional coat of arms combines three geographical elements: the mountain range with its snow-capped peaks, the sea with its fishing, and the condor as a symbol of the whole.
No earlier versions are documented.
Deep blue
the background of the field, from the flagpole to the fly side.
Regional coat of arms
at the exact centre of the field.
Sun among snow-capped peaks
the Andes mountain range and its height.
Sea with fish
the Pacific and fishing, the economic basis of the coast.
Golden condor
the crest, the Andean bird that represents the region.
Áncash has a coast, a mountains and, in its eastern part, rainforest. The coat of arms does not choose: it gathers the sea with its fish, the snow-capped peaks with the sun and the condor flying over both. It is a flag-panorama.
The golden condor crowns the coat of arms as its crest. In Andean heraldry the condor is the bird that represents the whole mountain range, and placing it above the coat of arms —the place of the crest— makes it the highest sign of the region.
The flag of Áncash is plain blue, with no stripes or divisions: all the visual weight rests on the coat of arms in the centre. It is the simplest pattern and also the most common one in the regions of Peru.
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Flag image: Jequetepeque, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
