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by ៞ljko Heimer, 3 July 2002
Official Name: Republic of Nicaragua
(Republica de Nicaragua)
Capital: Managua
Location: Central America
Government Type: Republic
Flag adopted: 27
August 1971 (First adopted 4 September 1908)
Coat of Arms adopted: 21 August 1823
ISO Code: NI
See also:
The blue-white-blue pattern is common to all the central
American states, being a reminder of the union from the beginning
of the 19th century. Each of the five original countries found a
way to differentiate the flag. Costa Rica put a red stripe in the
middle, Nicaragua and El Salvador their coats of arms, Honduras
five stars, and Guatemala turned the stripes vertically. All of
the states (except Guatemala) have common elements on their coat
of arms - mountains (volcanoes) with a sea on each side,
secessionist cap, spectrum, stars, and the inscription 'America
Central'. The triangle symbolizes equality. Civilians on the land
may use, also, the flag without the arms.
៞ljko Heimer, 24 February 1996
From <www.foonet.net>:
The National Flag: The white stripe stands for the territory of
our nation and represents the purity of our fatherland. The two
blue stripes mean our territory is bathed by two oceans.
translated by Santiago Dotor, 4 January 1999
According to [smi75],
Honduras entry (page 241) "The blue-white-blue horizontal
striped flag of the United Provinces of the Center of America,
based on the Argentine flag, was first hoisted in the
independence struggle against Spain on 4 July 1818, when the
commodore of the Argentine squadron, Louis Aury, proclaimed the
first independent Central American state on islands off the
eastern coast of Nicaragua. Aury's government lasted until
1821... ...(in 1823) when complete independence was established
the new national flag had stripes similar to, and apparently
based on, those of the first free state.."
Ned Smith, 14 May 1999
At "Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre" (1924) -
Nicaragua: An emblem without circle of text, without rays, with a
sea in the foreground and a thin black line around the triangle
to distinguish it from the white background.