Red with the coat of arms of the region: a white smoking volcano between two lions, a blue border with nine fleurs-de-lis and, at the top, a bird and a hand holding a flag with a name written on it.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio in deep red, with the coat of arms of the region in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Arequipa is a deep red field with the coat of arms of the region in the centre. The coat of arms shows a white smoking volcano between two lions.
Arequipa is a region in southern Peru. No approval date is recorded in the reference file.
The coat of arms is topped with a helmet from which come a bird with spread wings and a hand holding a small flag with a name written on it. The whole set is surrounded by mantling in gold and blue.
No earlier versions are documented.
Red
the background of the field, plain, in a single colour.
Volcano
white, in the centre of the coat of arms, with a column of smoke coming out of the summit.
Lions
two, rampant, on green bases, on each side of the volcano.
Border
blue, with nine golden fleurs-de-lis.
Crest
a bird with spread wings, a hand and a flag with a name written on it.
The hand of the crest holds a pennant with a name written on it. Few flags carry text inside the coat of arms itself; this one does, and the name is plainly readable at the top.
The blue border carries nine fleurs-de-lis, a high number for a frame. The border has almost as much visual presence as the coat of arms it surrounds.
Instead of a castle or a cross, the centre of the coat of arms is an active volcano with smoke. It is a case where a landscape element, not a symbol of power, occupies the heart of the shield.
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Flag image: Cmonzonc (Christian Monzón Cárdenas), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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