<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Same design as the National Flag with the National Coat of Arms superimposed at the center . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Alfonso Martinez Delpelao </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag of Chile consists of two equal horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which bears a white five - pointed star in the center . It was adopted on 18 October 1817 . The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). </P> <P> It has a 3: 2 ratio between length and width, it is divided horizontally into two bands of equal size (being the lower red). The upper area is divided once: in a square (blue), with a single centered white star; and rectangle (white), whose lengths are in proportion 1: 2 . </P>

Red white and blue country flag with one star