State flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Flag ratio: 2:3

Civil flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Flag ratio: 2:3

The flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of three equal bands of white, blue, and yellow. The state flag includes the Coat of Arms of the Canary Islands in the central band; the civil flag omits this. The designs were made official by the Statute of Autonomy of the Canarian Autonomous Community (Organic Law 10/82) on 16 August 1982. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Canary_Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Canary_Islands. ... Image File history File links FIAV_010000. ... Image File history File links FIAV_100000. ... The Dannebrog, national flag of Denmark. ... The Canaries is the nickname of Norwich City FC. The Canaries is also the nickname of Hitchin Town F.C.. Capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 13th  7,447 km²  1. ... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The tricolour flag has its origins in the Canarias Libre movement of the 1960s. It was designed by Carmen Sarmiento and her sons Arturo and Jesus Cantero Sarmiento, and first displayed (in paper form) on 8 September 1961. It combined the blue and white colours of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the blue and yellow colours the of other Canarian province, the Province of Las Palmas.[1] September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ...

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List of Spanish flags This is a list of flags used in Spain. ... Motto: (Latin) Further Beyond Anthem:  1(Spanish) Royal March Capital (and largest city)  Madrid Official languages Spanish2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Head of State Juan Carlos I (Monarch)  - Head of Government José L. Rodríguez Zapatero Formation 15th century   - Dynastic union 1516   - Unification 1469   - de facto 1716   - de jure 1812  Accession... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 Flag of Spain The government usage flag of Spain in its current form was adopted on December 19, 1981[1], when the now established flag replaced the interim version which, in turn, replaced the official flag of Francoist Spain. ... Image File history File links Estandarte_real. ... The Royal Guidon of Spain The Royal Standard of Spain (Estandarte Real or Estandarte del Rey) as the official flag of the King of Spain. ... This gallery of flags of the autonomous communities of Spain shows the distinctive flags of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain (constitutionally they are the regions and nationalities in which Spain is territorially organized). ... The flag of Asturias shows the Cruz de la Victoria (Victory Cross). ... The Ikurriña, flag designed by the founders of the Basque Nationalist Party EAJ-PNV Luis and Sabino Arana, is regarded as the national symbol of Euskal Herria, or the Basque Country. ... The colors of the official flag of Cantabria (Spain), which is the symbol of the region, are stablished in the very text of the Autonomy Statute. ... Different flags of territories of the former Crown of Aragon are based upon the Senyera. ... Civil flag. ... Flag of the Community of Madrid Flag of the City of Madrid The autonomous community of Madrid and its capital city, Madrid, each have their own flags. ... In addition to its autonomous communities, Spain has five plazas de soberanía (places of sovereignty) near Morocco administrated directly by Madrids Government. ... Civil and state flag. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Melilla consists of a pale blue background with the Coat of Arms of Melilla in the centre. ...

External links

• Canary Islands at Flags of the World
• Banderas de Canerias by José Manuel Erbez.