The current flag of

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

was adopted in 1918. Blas Infante (1885–1936), the "Father of the Andalusian Fatherland" ( es, Padre de la Patria Andaluza), initiated an assembly at

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in 1918. This assembly adopted a

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based on the Antequera Constitution (a nationalist Andalusian charter that styled Andalusia as an autonomous republic inside a Spanish federal state; this constitution is known as ''Constitución Federal de Antequera'') and also adopted the current flag of Andalusia and

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as " national symbols". es, Spanish}
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/ref> Its name used to be ''Arbonaida'' or also ''Arbondaira''. The colours of Andalusian flag, green and white, represent hope and peace, as the anthem says:

Variations

File:Flag of Andalucía (no CoA).svg, Common

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variant without the

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File:Bandera Andalucía Libre.svg, Left nationalist and pro-independence flag, used by '' Nación Andaluza'' and other groups File:Andnac3.svg, Another nationalist flag using traditional

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8-point star File:Andnac2.svg, Flag of the

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youth wing)

References

Flags of Spain Andalusian culture Flags introduced in 1918 1918 establishments in Spain

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Variations

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