Flag of Peru
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3. Shown as the civil flag; the state flag adds the coat of arms on the white.
How to recognise it
Three equal vertical bands: red, white, red.
- Name in the quiz
- Peru
- UN member state name
- Peru
- ISO 3166-1 code
- PE
- Atlas Play pack
- South America (starter pack)
Easily confused with
AustriaAustria: the bands lie flat. Peru: the bands stand upright.
CanadaCanada: a red maple leaf on a wide white square. Peru: three equal bands and no leaf.
LatviaLatvia: flat bands, dark carmine, a narrow white stripe. Peru: upright bands.
MongoliaMongolia: a blue middle and a gold symbol at the hoist. Peru: a plain white middle.
MaltaMalta: white and red halves with a small cross in the corner. Peru: red, white, red.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Peru (A vertical triband of red, white and red; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/pe.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 82a4f2bbcca2…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.