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Flag of Honduras

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Field	Value
Name	Republic of Honduras
Image	Flag of Honduras (1949–2022, 2026–present).svg
Use	111110
Symbol
Proportion	1:2
Adoption	{{plainlist
* {{start date and age	1949	01	26	df	y}}
* {{start date and age	2026	01	27	df	y}}
Design	A horizontal triband of blue (top and bottom) and white with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered on the white band.
Image2	Naval Ensign of Honduras.svg
Use2	000001
Symbol2
Proportion2	1:2
Design2	A horizontal triband of blue (top and bottom) and white with the National Coat of Arms above an inverted arc of five blue five-pointed stars centered on the white band.

(original design)
(current design)
(current usage)

National flag and woman wearing the national colors at the Fiesta DC 2019 Parade.

The flag of Honduras consists of three equal horizontal stripes of blue, white and blue, with five blue stars in a quincuncial pattern at the centre of the middle stripe. The two outer bands represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and also represent the blue sky and brotherhood. The inner band represents the land between the ocean and the sea, the peace and prosperity of its people, and purity of thoughts. The five stars represent the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America and the hope that the nations may form a union again.

In 1823, Honduras joined the United Provinces of Central America and adopted its flag. It continued using a plain blue and white triband after the union dissolved in 1838. On 7 March 1866 five blue stars were placed on the flag to represent the five original provinces: El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.

The 1949 decree specified that the stripes were to be cyan, but in practice the flag remained dark blue for the next seven decades. The Honduran government only began flying turquoise flags after the inauguration of president Xiomara Castro on 27 January 2022, after the National Autonomous University of Honduras made that recommendation in 2021.

Ships of the Honduran Navy fly a naval ensign which has the coat of arms of Honduras above an inverted arch of five small stars and a pendant.

On 27 January 2026, the flag of Honduras returned to the design adopted in 1949 in navy blue.

History

[[Federal Republic of Central America|United Provinces of Central America]]

|File:Flag of the United Provinces of Central America.svg|Flag of the United Provinces of Central America 1823–1824 |File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg|Flag of the United Provinces of Central America 1825–1839

The origins of the Honduran flag date back to United Provinces of Central America, which Honduras was part of. It was the first country in Central America to use a blue-white-blue triband, which in turn was based on the flag of Argentina.

First flag

|File:Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg|1839–1866 Flag used since independence, and finally abolished in 1949. The flag has been defined as flag of the UPOCA without emblem.

Second flags

|File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1949).svg|1866–1949 |File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg|1866–1898 |File:Flag of Honduras (1866-1898 Alternative).svg|1866–1898 Alternative}}

On 16 February 1866, President José María Medina modified the coat of arms and flag, adding 5 stars representing the 5 original united provinces. The most popular arrangement of blue stars was similar to the arrangement of the dots on a die, but there were also alternative arrangements. Versions other than the current one disappeared by the 1930s.

Although there wasn't any mention regarding the exact shade of blue to be used, the most common version (including the one used by military forces) used navy blue.

[[Greater Republic of Central America]]

|File:Flag of the Greater Republic of Central America (1898).svg|Flag of the Greater Republic of Central America 1896–1898 |File:Flag of Honduras (1890s yellow star variant).svg|1898–1930s Alternative

Between 1896 and 1898 Honduras was part of a union known as Greater Republic of Central America, while retaining its own flag, though some flagmakers began to render the five stars as gold, the same as the GRCA flag. This design was never declared official.

Third flags

|File:Flag of Honduras (1949–2022, 2026–present).svg|1949–2022, 2026–present

On 26 January 1949, President Juan Manuel Gálvez amended the 1866 decree, confirming the position of the stars. The decree also defined the shade of blue used on the stripes and stars as turquoise. However, that colour change was not implemented and the flag continued to be produced using navy blue for 73 years.

|File:Flag of Honduras (2022–2026).svg|2022–2026 (recolor)

In 2020, the National Autonomous University of Honduras published its guidelines regarding the shades of blue used on the flag, due to the "absence" of an official position about the topic. Following the intention of the 1949 decree, the guidelines established a lighter shade of blue for the Honduran flag "until its colors are defined and regulated by legislative decree".

On 4 August 2023, the Honduran Armed Forces announced a change from this month on their monograms, uniforms and logo to represent the national flag in turquoise. The announcement came shortly after President Xiomara Castro also announced the use of the flag in that shade of blue.

On 27 January 2026, the National Congress of Honduras reverted to using the previous navy blue flag, as part of a campaign promise by the National Party of Honduras to reverse the change to turquoise blue that occurred in mid-2023.

Design

Construction sheet

|File:Flag of Honduras (construction sheet).svg

Colors

[[File:Flag of Honduras.svg	30px]]
Colors scheme	Model Ultramarine	White
RGB	13-59-153	255-255-255
Hexadecimal	#0d3b99	#FFFFFF
CMYK	92, 61, 0, 40	0, 0, 0, 0

Flags of subdivisions

Departments

File:Flag of Colon Department (Honduras).gif|Colón File:Bandera de Comayagua.png|Comayagua File:Bandera de Copán.svg|Copán File:Flag of Tegucigalpa.svg|Francisco Morazán File:Bandera de Ocotepeque.svg|Ocotepeque File:Bandera de olancho.jpg|Olancho File:Bandera de Santa Barbara Honduras.svg|Santa Bárbara File:Flag of Atlantida Department.png Atlantida

Ethnic group flags

Flag	Use
[[File:Flag of Garifuna (3-5).svg	border	150px]]	Flag of the Garifuna
[[File:Lenca Flag.svg	border	150px]]	Flag of the Lenca people

References

Znamierowski, Alfred. ''The World Encyclopedia of Flags''. Italy: Lorenz Books, 1999. 201. Print.
. (21 January 2023). ["Xiomara Castro: los símbolos que marcaron su histórica toma de posesión como primera presidenta de Honduras"](https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-60149357). *BBC News Mundo*.
Dalma Acosta. (2022-01-26). "El error histórico que no debe repetirse al implementar la Bandera azul turquesa". El Heraldo.
(29 September 2020). "UNAH confirma: usará azul turquesa en Bandera Nacional". Diario Tiempo.
Rodríguez, Yonny. "La Bandera de Honduras y el azul turquesa".
"Honduras - Historical Flags".
(4 January 2022). "FFAA confirman que cambian monogramas al color azul turquesa de la bandera desde este enero".
"Congreso Nacional regresa el color azul marino a la Bandera Nacional".

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