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 Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...

. The two horizontal white bands represent hope, the dark blue of the quadratic drawing, the skies and the red band represents overcoming difficulties. Image:Bandeira do Amazonas (verso).svg, The reverse of the flag of Amazonas (the hoist is to the right) Image:Amazonas-antiga.png, Unofficial flag led by the Military Forces of Amazonas into the

(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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