Peru

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
Keywords: peru | muchik | anthem | bandera nacional para izar |
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• About the flag
• Flag related anthem
• Other peruvian flags

• Governmental and Military Flags of Peru
  • Peruvian Navy
  • Peruvian Army
  • Peruvian Air Force
• Peruvian Coat of Arms and National Emblem
• History of the Peruvian Flag
• Peruvian subnational flags
• Peruvian flags at sea
• Peruvian sports flags
• Peruvian political flags
• Native peoples’ flags

• Símbolos de Perú
  A Spanish-language website about the national symbols, set up by the Peruvian Government.
  reported by Jan Oskar Engene, 15 Feb 1996
• Símbolos Pátrios
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 14 Jun 2003

• The Peruvian Ministry of External Relations explains the use of the four different national flags at www.rree.gob.pe/simbolos/bandera.htm
  Joe McMillan, 05 Nov 2002

  reported broken by Ivan Sache, 22 Feb 2005

• Peru flag legislation (in Spanish)
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 01 Jun 2001

  reported broken by Ivan Sache, 22 Feb 2005

About the flag

The the plain triband is the bandera nacional, confirmed as the pabellón nacional by Decree No. 1323 of 31 March 1950.
Christopher Southworth, 05 Oct 2003

According to the Peruvian Ministry of External Relations (at http://www.rree.gob.pe/simbolos/bandera.htm), this is the bandera nacional para izar (national flag for hoisting). Plain red-white-red triband; for use on private buildings, houses, vessels, factories, etc., on patriotic holidays and as directed by law or special decree. (See also the other three national flags: pabellón nacional para izar, bandera de guerra and estandarte.)
Joe McMillan, 05 Nov 2002

The Album 2000 [pay00] says:

Civil Flag. 2:3

Red-white-red vertical triband.
Željko Heimer, 31 Oct 2002

According to [alv86] the flag without arms is used as civil flag and ensign, whereas the flag with arms is used as state and war flag/ensign. Both the flag and the arms have bee