Panama Flag

How to identify it

Four quarters as displayed: white with a blue star at the upper left, plain red at the upper right, plain blue at the lower left, and white with a red star at the lower right.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

María de la Ossa de Amador designed the flag around independence; later laws confirmed its form.

History of the design

The quarters link red and blue with the country’s historical political parties, while the white fields were intended to express peace between them.

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