Flag of the Andean Community
Locally Comunidad Andina
What the flag looks like
A white field with the community's gold emblem below the center: a half-disc arch enclosing a stepped pattern.
What it means
The stepped motif is drawn from the patterns of indigenous Andean textiles.
How to remember it
The Andean Community
is almost all white, with a low golden half-circle full of stepped patterns, like a sunrise over Andean stairs.
Fun facts
- The community began as the Andean Pact under the Cartagena Agreement of 1969.
- Chile, a founding member, withdrew in 1976, and Venezuela left in 2006.
Andean Community at a glance
- Founded
- 1969
- Members
- 4 states
- Headquarters
- Lima
- Headquarters
- Lima
- Region
- Founded 1969
- Languages
- Spanish