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No. 133 / 195 Flag of Panama

Capital: Panama City
Continent: North America
Flag adopted: 1903
Designer: Not individually credited

Panama

Colors and meaning

Red #DA121A
The Liberal Party, one of Panama's two historic political factions
Blue #00549F
The Conservative Party, the other historic faction, joined here to signal unity
White #FFFFFF
Peace between the two

Symbolism and history

Four quarters of red, blue and white, each bearing a star or left plain, were designed by the family of Panama's first president in 1903, deliberately combining the colors of the country's two rival political parties in a single quartered flag.

No documented visual overlap

Panama’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from North America, for browsing:

Further reading: Flag of Panama on Wikipedia

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