List of Panamanian flags

This is a list of flags associated with Panama.

National flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
(1903) Proposed flag of Panama 14 horizontal red-yellow alternating stripes with a blue canton, featuring two suns connected together, representing North America and South America being united by the Panama isthmus.
(1903) First flag of Panama Divided rectangle into four quadrants, with the top-left consisting of a blue background, the top-right consisting of a white background with a red five-point star, the bottom-left consisting of a white background with a blue five-point star, and the bottom-right consisting of a red background.
(1903–1979) Flag of The Panama Canal Zone (U.S. territory) A blue field with the territory's emblem in the center.
(1925-present)[1] Flag of Panama Divided rectangle into four quadrants, with the top-left consisting of a white background with a blue five-point star, the top-right consisting of a red background, the bottom-left consisting of a blue background, and the bottom-right consisting of a white background with a red five-point star.[2]
(?-present) Presidential standard of Panama Current flag of Panama with the Panamanian coat of arms in the middle.

Province flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
?-present Flag of Bocas del Toro Province Flag divided diagonally in half from top-left corner to bottom-right corner, green on bottom half and yellow on the top half. 3 white five-pointed stars curving slightly in the middle at the top of a capital, stylized 'B', with a drop shadow.
2004-present Flag of Coclé Province Vertical tricolor with, from left to right, red, gray, and white. The red stripe has two gray diamonds, one bottom-left from the top one. The gray stripe has two white diamonds, one at the bottom and one at the top. The white stripe has two red diamonds, one bottom-right from the top one.
1996-present Flag of Colón Province Horizontal tricolor with, from top to bottom, baby blue, white, and gold. The coat of arms of Colón is centered in the middle, with five five-pointed gold stars curved at the top.
?-present Flag of Chiriquí Province Flag divided diagonally in half from the bottom-left corner to the top-right corner, red at the top and green at the bottom. There are 14 white five-pointed stars in the middle arrayed in a circle, similar to the EU flag.
?-present Flag of Darién Province Flag divided diagonally in half from the bottom-left corner to the top-right corner, baby blue at the top and green at the bottom. There are 4 five-pointed yellow stars, arrayed in a hard curve.
1992-present Flag of Herrera Province Flag divided in half horizontally, with gold on the top half and blue on the bottom half. There is a labeled map of the province in the middle, with 7 blue five-pointed stars at the top arrayed in a curve to represent each district in the province.
1850-present Flag of Los Santos Province Horizontal tricolor with, from the top to the bottom, blue, gold, and red.
2015-present Flag of Panamá Oeste Province Horizontal tricolor with, from top to bottom, gold, white, and gold. It also has a green chevron with 5 white five-pointed stars arrayed in a curve.
2019-present Flag of Veraguas Province Blue background with a white filled-in outline of the province. It also has 12 five-pointed white stars arrayed around the map.

Indigenous regions[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
(?-present) Flag of Emberá-Wounaan Comarca Horizontal tricolor with a large green stripe at the top, and two other proportionate stripes, from top to bottom, yellow and blue.
(2010-present)[3] Flag of Guna Yala comarca Horizontal tricolor with an enlarged middle yellow stripe, and a top red stripe and bottom green stripe. There are two crossed arms in the middle, the right holding an arrow and the right holding a bow. There are 8 five-point stars arrayed in a curve around the top of the middle symbol.
(1925-2010) Flag of revolution of Guna and former Guna Yala flag Horizontal tricolor with an enlarged middle yellow stripe, with orange top and bottom stripes. In the middle rests a black left-facing swastika.
(1942) Former flag of Guna Yala Horizontal tricolor with an enlarged middle yellow stripe, with red top and bottom stripes. In the middle rests a black left-facing swastika, with a red ring, representing the nose rings the Guna people use, encircling it, overlapping the swastika except the top branch; The design was created to distance the original flag away from the nazis
(2009-present) Flag of Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca Vertical tricolor, with, from left to right, red, white, and green stripes. In the center, there are three five-point stars, with one stacked on the other two.
(?-present) Flag of Naso Tjër Di Comarca The comarca's emblem centered in the middle of a plain white background.
(?-present) Flag of Madungandí Two horizontal stripes, yellow at the top and maroon at the bottom.
(?-present) Flag of Kuna de Wargandí Horizontal tricolor with an enlarged middle white stripe, and a top red stripe and bottom green stripe. There are two crossed arms in the middle, the right holding an arrow and the right holding a bow. There are 8 five-point stars arrayed in a curve around the top of the middle symbol.

Historical flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
(1698-1700) Colony of New Caledonia Red background with three small stripes at the bottom, from top to bottom, blue, white, and blue, representing a sea. There is a rising yellow sun off-centered slightly to the left.
(1739-1810) and (1816-1822) Flag of the Viceroyalty of New Granada The flag for the viceroyalty was the Spanish flag from 1785 to 1873. It contains a horizontal tricolor, with an enlarged yellow center stripe with two red stripes at the top and bottom. Off-centered slightly to the left is an outdated version of the coat of arms of Spain.
(1821-1831) Flag of Gran Colombia A horizontal tricolor with, from top to bottom, yellow, blue, and red. The center contains the coat of arms of Gran Colombia.
(1831-1863) Flag of the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation. A vertical tricolor with, from left to right, red, blue, and yellow.
(1863-1903) Flag of the United States of Colombia (1863-1886) A horizontal tricolor with an enlarged yellow top stripe with a blue and red stripe at the bottom.
Flag of the Republic of Colombia (1886-1903)
(1824-1855) Flag of the Isthmus Department A horizontal tricolor with an enlarged yellow top stripe with a blue and red stripe at the bottom. In the top-left is the coat of arms of Gran Colombia.
(1855–1863) Flag of The Panama State A vertical tricolour of red, blue and yellow with the state's emblem in the center.
(1863–1886) A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and yellow with the state's emblem in the center.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120319025103/http://www.asamblea.gob.pa/APPS/LEGISPAN/PDF_NORMAS/1920/1925/1925_097_0722.PDF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2023-11-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "República de Panamá". 2007-02-18. Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  3. ^ "Kuna Yala (Guna Yala) – Panama – Information, Pictures & Hotels". Neue Welt Reisen. Retrieved 2023-11-18.