Flags / The Caribbean and Central America

Flag of Nicaragua

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 3:5.

How to recognise it

Blue, white and blue horizontal bands with a triangle emblem in a ring on the white.

Name in the quiz: Nicaragua
UN member state name: Nicaragua
ISO 3166-1 code: NI
Atlas Play pack: The Caribbean and Central America (explorer pack)

Practise the The Caribbean and Central America pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

ArgentinaArgentina: a golden sun. Nicaragua: a triangle emblem in a ring.
El SalvadorNicaragua: a triangle with a rainbow and lighter blue. El Salvador: a coat of arms with flags and a wreath.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nicaragua (revision 1374977818) (Three horizontal stripes, the outer ones light blue and the central one white; proportion 3:5). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ni.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 7894dc1520fe…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.