It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the canton bordered by nine small yellow five-pointed stars, with a larger yellow five-pointed star in the fly. The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star the nation's right to access the sea (access that it lost in 1884 in the War of the Pacific).

It consisted of red and green stripes with a yellow star on the red, surrounded by a green wreath. (A competing flag design in 1825–26 also showed red, green, and yellow, but, rather than one star, it included five stars within wreaths.)

State Flag of Bolivia A vertical tricolor of green, red and green with 5 golden 5-pointed stars decorated with a laurels in the center of the red band. 1826–1831

The current flag of Bolivia was officially adopted on October 31, 1851. The national flag of Bolivia features three equal horizontal bands of red (at the top), yellow (in the middle), and green (on the bottom) with the Bolivian coat of arms featured on the yellow band at the center of the flag.

History of Bolivia Flag. On August 17, 1825, eleven days after freedom from Spain was announced, Bolivia accepted its first national flag. It contained red and green stripes with a yellow star on the red, bounded by a green wreath. A competing flag design in 1825–26 shown in red, green, and yellow along with five stars within wreaths.

The ten stars at the bottom of the coat of arms represent the nine departments of Bolivia, with the tenth star representing the Litoral, a valuable territory that was lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879-1884).

Feb 9, 2024 · The ten stars symbolize the Bolivian states, the branches are for peace, and the bird represents nature. History of the Bolivian flag. Bolivia was a Spanish colony until 1825. The flag has changed several times. The original flag was made of red and green stripes with a yellow star on the red stripe, surrounded by a green wreath.

The nine small stars represent the nine departments of Bolivia, and the larger star represents the nation's right to access the sea, which it lost in the War of the Pacific in 1884. Since 2009, the Wiphala, a traditional Andean symbol, has also held the status of dual flag in Bolivia.

ten golden five-pointed stars represent the 9 current departments (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosí, Santa Cruz, Tarija) of Bolivia and one former province - Litoral; three national flags on each side of the coat of arms;

The flag has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green. The state flag also has a coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band