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 August1982. 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 tricolour flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 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 September1961. 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). ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Canary Islands | Provinces of Spain ...
The CanaryIslands IPA/kəˈnæɹɪ ˈaɪləndz/ (Spanish Islas Canarias /ˈis.las kaˈnarjas/) (28° 06'N, 15° 24'W) are an archipelago of the Kingdom of Spain consisting of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean.
Lancelotto Malocello settled on the island of Lanzarote in 1312.
In 1402, the conquest of the islands began, with the expedition of Juan de Bethencourt and Gadifer de la Salle to the island of Lanzarote, Norman nobles who were vassals of Henry III of Castile.
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