List of Brazilian flags

This article is a list of Brazilian flags.

National Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1992–present National flag, state flag, state ensign, civil ensign and war ensign Is a blue disc depicting a starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Naval jack Rectangular flag (ratio 3:4) bearing 21 white stars on a dark blue field – a horizontal row of 13 and a vertical column of 9, orthogonally displayed.
Flag of the Brazilian Navy
Flag of the Brazilian Marine Corps

Government flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Presidential standard Dark green rectangle (ratio 2:3) holding the national coat of arms on its center.
Vice-presidential standard Yellow rectangle (ratio 2:3) with twenty-three blue stars disposed in a cross dividing the flag into four equal quadrants, with the coat of arms in the middle of the upper left quadrant.
Flag of Minister of Defense Rectangular (larger side once and a half times the lowest), the yellow color of the national flag, with twenty-one arranged in cross blue stars, five in each arm and one in the center, and the center of the upper left quad star of the coat of arms.

Regional flags

This list shows the flags of the 26 Brazilian States and the Federal District.

FlagMapUse
Flag of Acre
Flag of Alagoas
Flag of Amapá
Flag of Amazonas
Flag of Bahia
Flag of Ceará
Flag of Espírito Santo
Flag of Goiás
Flag of Maranhão
Flag of Mato Grosso
Flag of Mato Grosso do Sul
Flag of Minas Gerais
Flag of Pará
Flag of Paraíba
Flag of Paraná
Flag of Pernambuco
Flag of Piauí
Flag of Rio de Janeiro
Flag of Rio Grande do Norte
Flag of Rio Grande do Sul
Flag of Rondônia
Flag of Roraima
Flag of Santa Catarina
Flag of São Paulo
Flag of Sergipe
Flag of Tocantins
Flag of the Federal District

Historical flags

Principal and national

FlagDateUseDescription
1692–1816 Flag of the Principality of Brazil The armillary sphere representing the Portuguese navigation on a white field; was the banner of the Princes of Brazil.
1816–1822 Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves The Coat of Arms of the union with the armillary sphere representing the Kingdom of Brazil and the Portuguese shield representing the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, with a Royal Crown, on a white field.
1822 Flag of the newly independent Kingdom of Brazil The Prince Royal's Personal Standard with a Royal Crown instead of an Imperial.
1822–1870 Flag of the Empire of Brazil The Imperial Coat of Arms, within a yellow rhombus representing the House of Habsburg, on a green field representing the House of Braganza.
1870–1889 Flag of the Empire of Brazil The Imperial Coat of Arms, within a yellow rhombus representing the House of Habsburg, on a green field representing the House of Braganza.
1889 Provisional flag of the Republic of the United States of Brazil between 15–19 November 1889 Thirteen horizontal green and yellow stripes; in the canton, 21 white stars on a blue field.
1889–1960 Is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 21 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
1960–1968 Is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 22 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
1968–1992 Is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (with 23 stars) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.

Governmental

See also

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