🚩 Flag of Nicaragua

The flag of Nicaragua was first adopted on September 11th, 1908, but not made official until August 27, 1971. It is base…

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The story of this flag

The flag of Nicaragua was first adopted on September 11th, 1908, but not made official until August 27, 1971. It is based on, and inspired by, the flag of the Federal Republic of Central America, with a blue and white triband and a coat of arms as the charge in the centre. Its flag is one of the few that currently use the color purple, due to the rainbow in its coat of arms.

Quoted from Flag of Nicaragua on English Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 — the article lists the sources it was written from. Summary retrieved 2026-10-29.

Nicaragua at a glance

Official name	Republic of Nicaragua
Capital	Managua
Continent	Americas · Central America
Population	6,823,613
Area	130,373 km²
Languages	Spanish
Currency	Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)
Internet TLD	.ni
Calling code	+505