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What is on the Guatemalan flag?
Guatemala
Flag of Guatemala/Country
How did Guatemala get its flag?
In 1858 a flag was adopted that was influenced from the Spanish flag that features a thick yellow stripe with thinner blue-white-red stripes above and bellow. The State Flag of Guatemala at the same time had a coat of arms at the centre.
What does red represent in Guatemala?
The colours of the second flag represent four indigenous cultures. Unlike Azuliblanco, the Bandera de Los Pueblos features four main colours: red for the Xinca people, yellow for the Garifuna people, white for the Maya peoples and black for the Ladino people.
What is the meaning of Guatemala?
The name “Guatemala” comes from the Nahuatl word Cuauhtēmallān (nahwiki), or “place of many trees”, a derivative of the K’iche’ Mayan word for “many trees” or, perhaps more specifically, for the Cuate/Cuatli tree Eysenhardtia.
Which country’s flag represents a volcano?
The Vexillological Association of Réunion selected a flag in 2003. It depicts the volcano of la Fournaise, bedecked by gold sunbeams.
Which flag has red blue orange stripes?
flag of Armenia
flag of Armenia. horizontally striped red-blue-orange national flag. Its width-to-length proportion is 1 to 2.
What country has a black flag?
Since May 22, 1990, Yemen has used only the simple tricolour: black is said to stand for the dark days of the past, while white represents a bright future and red the blood of the struggle to achieve independence and unity. Similar flags have been used by Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and The Sudan.
What does the blue in the Guatemalan flag mean?
The Guatemalan flag features two horizontal blue stripes on the outer edges. These stripes are meant to represent that the nation is locked between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The color of the stripes also represents the sky over the nation. The middle stripe represents peace and purity.