Flag of Central America

Historical flags of Central America

Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags. The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of Argentina.^[2][3]

Flags

See also

• Flags of successor nations
  • Flag of Costa Rica
  • Flag of El Salvador
  • Flag of Guatemala
  • Flag of Honduras
  • Flag of Nicaragua

References

Citations

1. Meléndez Chaverri 2000, p. 277.
2. Vítolo, Alfredo (15 February 2005). "Las Banderas Centroamericanas" [The Central American Flags]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
3. "El Origen de las Banderas de Centroamérica, Inspiradas en la Bandera Argentina – Hipólito Bouchard" [The Origin of the Flags of Central America, Inspired by the Flag of Argentina – Hipólito Bouchard]. Puerto Vallarta News (in Spanish). 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.

Bibliography

• Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (2000). José Matías Delgado, Prócer Centroamericano [José Matías Delgado, Central American Hero] (in Spanish). Vol. 8 (2nd ed.). San Salvador, El Salvador: Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos. ISBN 9992300574. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

Further reading

• Horváth, Zoltán (12 August 2013). "Central America - Historical Unions and Federations". CRW Flags. Retrieved 22 October 2022.