Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ecuador was subsumed into Gran Colombia, during which time the Colombian horizontal tricolour became definitive. Although Ecuador seceded from that union in 1830, the flag was retained until 1845. Fourth National Flag 1830–1835: Provisional flag of the State of Ecuador, decreed on 19 November 1830. Fifth National Flag 1835–1845
Provisional flag of the State of Ecuador, decreed on 19 November 1830. 1835–1845: First flag used officially by Ecuador after its separation from Gran Colombia. 1845: During the 1845 Marcist Revolution the pale blue and white colours return, but as a vertical tricolour of white, blue, white, with three white stars in the central stripe. 1845 ...
Yellow for the sun and gold, blue for the sky and liberty, red for blood and freedom National Mountains Chimborazo: National symbol: see coat of arms National river Guayas: National symbol: see coat of arms National symbol Steam boat on the Guayas River with the Chimborazo in the background
The flag of Gran Colombia was based on Francisco de Miranda's Venezuelan tricolour which served as the national flag of the First Republic of Venezuela, It was served as the basis for the current flags of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, which emerged as independent nations at the breakup of Gran Colombia in 1831.
Within the republican history, it is the second one, if the red flag with a white X-cross is supposed to be valid, which was supposedly the one of August 10, 1809. In practice, it is the first flag that represented a truly free territory as that today is Ecuador. There is still confusion about the representation of the 3 stars of the central strip.
Ecuadorian law describes the arms as follows: [1] The Arms of Ecuador shall be an oval shield containing inside, in the upper part the sun with the part of the Zodiac where one finds the signs corresponding to the memorable months of March, April, May and June; in the lower part, to the right shall be represented the historical mountain Chimborazo, wherefrom shall start a river, and where it ...
Ecuador uses diamond-shaped warning signs on a yellow background in common with most of the rest of the Americas. One of the rare exceptions is the "Tramway crossing" warning sign used in the Cuenca Tramway , which has a triangular shape with a red border and a white background with a black symbol of a tram , similar to warning signs used in ...
Spanish is the official and most commonly spoken language in Ecuador. Northern Quechua and other pre-colonial American languages were spoken by 2,300,000 in the past (Adelaar 1991). Ethnologue lists 24 languages of Ecuador: [2] Achuar–Shiwiar; Awa–Cuaiquer; Cha'palaachi; Cofán; Colorado; Ecuadorian Sign Language; Emberá languages; Media ...