The flag of
Amazonas is one of the official symbols of the state of
Amazonas,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. The current flag was introduced by Law 1513 of 14 January 1982.
Symbolism
The twenty-five stars in the upper left corner represent the twenty-five municipalities of the state in 1897, the year that the Military Forces of Amazonas entered into the
War of Canudos
The War of Canudos (, , 1895–1898) was a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the residents of Canudos in the northeastern state of Bahia. It was waged in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery in Brazil (1888) and the overt ...
.
The largest star, in the center, represents the capital,
Manaus. The two horizontal white bands represent hope, the dark blue of the quadratic drawing, the skies and the red band represents overcoming difficulties.
War of Canudos
The War of Canudos (, , 1895–1898) was a conflict between the First Brazilian Republic and the residents of Canudos in the northeastern state of Bahia. It was waged in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery in Brazil (1888) and the overt ...
(1897)
Image:Proposta_de_bandeira_do_Amazonas.png, Flag proposed during the government of Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa ( pt) (1967–1971). The current flag was adopted instead.
Image:Bandeira_do_governador_do_estado_do_Amazonas.svg, Flag of the governor of Amazonas, with the coat of arms in the center.
References
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Flags introduced in 1982
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