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Colombia

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Quick Facts

Capital

Bogotá

Population

51.0M

Area

1,141,748 km²

Density

45 /km²

Median age

31.1 yrs

Description

Adoption

26 November 1861 (current arrangement, yellow band over the upper half, 165 years). The yellow-blue-red tricolour goes back to Miranda and Gran Colombia.

Designed byTricolour created by Francisco de Miranda (1806); the current arrangement, with the yellow band over half, was fixed by law in 1861.

Design & Symbolism

Specs plus what each color and emblem means on this flag — tap an element to reveal its meaning.

Proportions

2:3

Shape

Rectangular

Colors

Yellow#FCD116 · Pantone 116 C

Yellow evokes the country's wealth and gold, and its sovereignty.

Blue#003893 · Pantone 287 C

Blue represents the two oceans bordering the country, its rivers and its sky.

Red#CE1126 · Pantone 186 C

Red recalls the blood shed for independence.

Construction details

Proportions 2:3. Three horizontal bands in a 2:1:1 ratio: yellow fills the upper half, blue and red a quarter each. The national flag is a plain tricolour; the state and naval versions add the coat of arms, topped by a condor, at the centre.

Construction sheet