The Flag of Bohol is the provincial flag of

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...

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. It is a vertical triband bearing the three main colors of the

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. According to the official interpretation of the flag's symbolism, the color blue represents nobility; white, purity; and red, courage. The design is similar to the flags of

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and the

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. Bohol is one of the few

Philippine provinces In the Philippines, provinces ( fil, lalawigan) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The local government units ...

to have a distinctly-designed flag, deviating from the standard flag design of the provincial seal on a colored field. The flag has a proportion of 1:2, the same as the flag of the Philippines.

Symbolism

Charged on the white

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is the main portion of the seal of Bohol, depicting the island's history and famous landmarks: on the foreground is a tableau of the

Sandugo The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna the chieftain of Bohol on March 16, 1565, to seal their friendship as part of the triba ...

between Miguel López de Legazpi and

Datu Sikatuna Datu Sikatuna (or ''Catunao'') was a Datu or chieftain of the Bool Kingdom (or Kedatuan of Dapitan) in the island of Bohol in the Philippines. He made a blood compact (''sanduguan'') and alliance with the Spain, Spanish explorer Miguel López de Le ...

which symbolizes the "Boholano's love of peace," while behind this are the

Chocolate Hills The Chocolate Hills ( ceb, Mga Bungtod sa Tsokolate, tgl, Mga Tsokolateng Burol) are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines.

and a field of green, symbolizing the province's natural beauty and agricultural resources. Flanking this scene are the two ''barong''s (swords) representing the Tamblot uprising and the

Dagohoy rebellion The Dagohoy rebellion, also known as the Dagohoy revolution and the Dagohoy revolt, is considered as the longest rebellion in Philippine history. Led by Francisco Dagohoy, or Francisco Sendrijas, the rebellion took place on the island of Bohol fro ...

, whose tips meet at the bottom of the emblem. A blue five-pointed star,

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yellow, appears above the central emblem; on all physical versions of the flag the star always appears on the observer's right, whether on the obverse or reverse side. The lone star represents

Carlos P. Garcia Carlos Polestico Garcia (November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971) was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth president of the Philippines. A l ...

, the only

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to come from Bohol: his tenure as Philippine president (1957–1961) was originally represented by a yellow star on the original provincial flag; a smaller blue star "superimposed" on the yellow star was added in 1971 after Garcia was elected president of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, even though he died the day after he took his oath. Another star is meant to be added for every Boholano that becomes president of the Philippines.

History

The flag was adopted as the provincial flag through Provincial Board Resolution No. 238 on 28 October 1969. The current version of the flag, with a blue star "superimposed" on the yellow star, became official with the adoption of Provincial Board Resolution No. 121 in 1971.

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Description of the flag and seal of Bohol by the Bohol provincial government
Bohol Bohol, Flag of

Flags introduced in 1969

Symbolism

History

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