Hello fellow Steemians and welcome to my review of the Bolivian flag! This is the 21th flag that I will be covering in my series to cover most of the flags of the world! It has only taken me 4 months to get to the 21st flag, i should probably write faster but procrastination won't let me....
Today's Flag is the Flag of Bolivia!
Flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
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The flag of Bolivia is a horizontal tricolor of (from top to bottom) red, yellow and green. This flag was adopted on October 31st, 1851.
Bolivia has another flag that represents the country, making Bolivia one of the few countries in the world with dual flags, the Wiphala will be in the other flags section of the post!
Meanings
The red color represents the sacrifice and blood shed by the heroes that founded the republic and those that work for the preservation of the republic
The yellow color represents the rich natural resources of the country and the wealth of the people that inhabit it!
The green color represents all the natural richness of the country and the untapped resources preserved in those regions to protect nature but it also stands for hope which is in their words "A foundational value of their society"
Other Flags!
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The Wipala is a flag used to represent all the native peoples of the andes region, this flag is used as a 2nd official flag of Bolivia, but it doesn't only represent the native people's of Bolivia, it also represents the natives from Peru, Ecuador and certain parts of Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
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As many other countries i have previously covered, Bolivia also has a alternate state flag which is not used to represent the nation but the office of the executive power or the "state" as they call it and this is also used as a war flag. Its a tricolor Bolivian flag defaced with the coat of arms of the country on the center.
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This flag was used by the short lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation between 1836 and 1839, I'm planning to eventually write a post it so i won't cover much about it here :-D
Facts
The name "Bolivia" comes from a certain south american guy that no one has really heard about if you live in south America.... well... He's actually pretty famous, his name was Simon Bolivar :-P
Bolivia has "El Salar de Uyumi" which is the largest salt flat in the world (This is also home to the largest lithium mine in the world! The same lithium they use on your devices batteries!)
Bolivia has an interesting law, to be elegible to participate in elections you have to be 21 years old but if you marry someone, you can be elegible as early as 18 years old!
Location
Bolivia is a landlocked nation( :-( sorry) in South America.
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