List of Ecuadorian flags explained

This is a list of flags used in or otherwise associated with Ecuador.

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1860–present Flag of Ecuador A horizontal tricolor of yellow (double width), blue and red with the National Coat of Arms superimposed at the center.[1]
1860-present Civil flag of Ecuador A horizontal tricolor of yellow (double width), blue and red.

Historical flags

FlagDateDescription
1534–1820 The Cross of Burgundy flag of the Spanish colonial empire flew over Ecuador for many years.
1809–1812 The leaders of a rebellion against the Spanish authorities raised a reversed Cross of Burgundy flag in Quito on 10 August 1809. The uprising was defeated in 1812.
1820–1822 A flag with five horizontal stripes and three stars in the middle stripe. This flag subsequently became that of the Guayas Province, and was first raised by the patriots in the liberation of 9 October 1820.
1822 The previous flag was changed by decree of 2 June 1822: "The flag of the free province of Guayaquil shall be white and its first quarter blue with a centered star."
1822–1830 Ecuador was subsumed into Gran Colombia, during which time the Colombian horizontal tricolour became definitive. Although Ecuador seceded from that union in 1830, the flag was retained until 1845.
1830–1835 Provisional flag of the State of Ecuador, decreed on 19 November 1830.
1835–1845 First flag used officially by Ecuador after its separation from Gran Colombia.
1845 During the 1845 Marcist Revolution the pale blue and white colours return, but as a vertical tricolour of white, blue, white, with three white stars in the central stripe.
1845–1860 The Cuenca Convention ratified, by decree of 6 November 1845, a change to a deeper blue, and the increase in the number of stars to seven "as symbols of the seven provinces which make up the Republic".
1860–1900 Gabriel García Moreno, upon assuming power two days after the Battle of Guayaquil, reinstated the tricolor flag of Greater Colombia on 26 September 1860. In 1900, the flag was made the definitive national standard, and the coat of arms was added for official state use. The plain flag was established as the merchant ensign in 1900.
1900–2009 The flag from 31 October 1900. In 1900, the flag was made the definitive national standard, and the coat of arms was added for official state use. The plain flag was established as the merchant ensign in 1900 a modification in November 2009.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Minahan, James.. The complete guide to national symbols and emblems. 2010. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-34496-1. Santa Barbara, Calif.. 436221284.
  2. Web site: Ecuador – Naval Flags . 2022-11-02 . www.fotw.info.