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Bolivia

República de Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia

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[Flag of Bolivia]
by António Martins, 22 Apr 1999
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About the flag

The Album 2000 [pay00] says:

1. National flag. [C--/C--] 2:3
As far as I am aware, this flag is defined in Decret of 14 July 1888 and has not been changed since (though, possibly there were latter regulations that did not touch this simple flag).
Željko Heimer, 11 Mar 2001

Flag adopted in 1851.10.31, and confirmed in 1888.07.14.
Jaume Ollé, 01 Jan 1996

As far as the yellow of the Bolivian tricolour is concerned, I have no official recommendations, however, an official model of the Naval Ensign shows the middle stripe to be Pantone 107C.
Christopher Southworth, 04 Feb 2002

Symbolism

In Whitney Smith’s Flags through he Ages and Across the World [smi75b] the red is said to stand for the bravery of the Bolivian soldier, green is the fertility of the land and yellow represents the country’s mineral resources.
Stephan Hurford, 13 Feb 2000

In Webster’s Concise Encyclopedia of Flags, 1985 [mch85a]:

The three horizontal stripes of the Bolivian flag — red, yellow and green — respectively symbolize the gallantry of Bolivian soldiers, the country’s mineral wealth, and the fertility of the land.
The meaning of colors on flags is usually given after a flag is adopted; this was probably the case here, as they were derived from earlier flags of Colombia and her liberator, Simon Bolívar
Jarig Bakker, 13 Feb 2000

According to [mch85a], the flag with its present order of stripes was introduced in