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South America

Peru

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: February 25, 1825 Usage: National and Civil

Red and white are The colors also
the colors chosen by recall those of the
San Martín, Incas, who ruled
“El Liberador” much of Peru
(the Liberator) until European
colonization

South America
%CUADOR R #OLOMBIA Peru was freed from Spanish rule in 1819 by an
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#HILE "OLIVIAIA been an independent unitary republic.
The colors chosen by San Martín for Spanish colonies, the official flag,
the Peruvian Legion were red and used by the government and the
white, said to be the colors of the armed forces, has the coat of arms in
Inca Empire, and the rising sun, also the center.
dating back to the Incas. The flag The coat of arms dates from 1825
assumed its present form, dropping and depicts a cornucopia, a chichona
the sun in 1825, at the behest of tree, and a llama, surrounded by state
Simón Bolívar, another famous flags. The flags do not appear on the
liberator. As is usual in former arms placed on the official flag.

ARMS OF PERU
On the coat of arms, the
wreaths are substituted A llama
for national flags
A chichona tree
A cornucopia
This is how the coat
symbolizing prosperity
of arms appears in the
center of the official
flag and ensign

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