El Salvador vs Honduras
Both are blue-white-blue horizontal tricolors from the old Central American federation. El Salvador centers its coat of arms and uses 189:335. Honduras centers five stars in an X and uses 1:2. Nicaragua uses the same stripes with a triangle of arms, and it does not have its own compare page.
- Proportion
- 189:335
- Adopted
- 1912
Colors
- Blue #0F47AF
- White #FFFFFF
- Proportion
- 1:2
- Adopted
- 1866
Colors
- Turquoise #00BCE4
- White #FFFFFF
Look foron El Salvador
Look foron Honduras
- Coat of arms in the white bandFive stars in an X on the white band
- Legal ratio 189:3351:2 ratio
- Adopted September 27, 1912Blue specified as turquoise in 2022
Which flag is El Salvador?
One Federation, Two Charges
El Salvador's flag comes from the blue-white-blue of the United Provinces of Central America. It was adopted on September 27, 1912. The coat of arms sits in the white band, and the catalog protocol notes the motto Dios, Unión, Libertad. Legal proportion is the unusual 189:335.
Honduras adopted the same stripe order on February 16, 1866. Five stars in an X stand for the five original members of that federation. Proportion is 1:2. The history text says the blue changed from navy to turquoise in 2022 to match the original specification.
Nicaragua is the other close sibling: blue-white-blue with a triangle coat of arms. It is mentioned here so the family stays on one page.
Telling them apart
- Arms in the white band: El Salvador. Five stars: Honduras.
- El Salvador 189:335. Honduras 1:2.
- Honduras blue on this page follows the 2022 turquoise note in the catalog.
Questions
Where does Nicaragua fit?
Nicaragua also uses blue-white-blue, with a triangle coat of arms. It does not have a separate compare URL.
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