Ecuador

República del Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador

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by T.F. Mills, 11 December 1997

Official Name: Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador)
Capital: Quito
Location: South America
Government Type: Republic
Flag adopted: 26 September 1860
Coat of Arms adopted: 5 December 1900
ISO Code: EC

• Overview
• Civil Flag
• Military Colours
• Ecuatorian UFE

See also:

• Clickable Map of Ecuador
• Ecuador - Coat-of-Arms
• Ecuador - Historical Flags
• Ecuador - Military Flags
• Ecuador - Naval Flags
• Ecuador - Naval Rank Flags
• Ecuador - Aircraft Marking
• Ecuador - Police Flags
• Ecuador - Pilot Flags
• Ecuador - Houseflags of Shipping Companies
• Ecuador - Indigenous Flags
• Ecuador - Municipal Buildings Flag
• Ecuador - Regions and Provinces and Cantons and Municipalities
• Ecuador - High Education Institutes Flags
• Ecuador - Sport Flags
• Great Colombia Federated Republic

Overview

I just returned from a trip to Ecuador, and I made a few flag observations while I was there. When I arrived in November there was little evidence of flags except over government buildings. But during the week of the Quito Fiesta the Ecuadoran and Quito flags appeared on just about every storefront, balcony, window and chimney pot. The fiesta celebrates the re-founding of Quito on 6 Dec. 1534 by Spanish General Benalcazar. Quito had pre-existed for some 4000 years, but Inca general Ruminahui had evactuated and razed the city a few days earlier.
Below is the Ecuadoran flag with no coat of arms (see: Civil Flag). This flag differs from Colombia's only in its proportions (which means they cannot be differentiated unless they are side by side and correctly manufactured.) I assume this is the civil flag. Almost all the Ecuadoran flags on display were incorrectly proportioned and showed the national coat of arms (which I assume to be the state flag version). The relative size of the coa varied from about half the height to almost the full height of the field. I assume the people feel the need to include the coa to differentiate their flag from neighboring Colombia's, even if it is not strictly correct to do so.