O'Higgins Region - Chile

O'Higgins Region is an Chilean region but officially the name is longer namely, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. Named after one of the founding fathers of Chile, the first head of state after independence and made the flag of Chile official. As leader of Chile from 1817 to 1823 he was successful until he make some mistakes and coups are in South-America of those days quite normal, they exiled Bernardo O'Higgins to Peru. Nevertheless he is honored in Chile with many things, in this case an region, Chilean navy named ships after him, an professional football(soccer)club, several place names. O'Higgins Region can be found somewhere in central Chile, within the east the Andes and Argentinian border and on the west the Pacific Ocean. It has an population of around 900 thousand and 240 thousand live in the capital Rancagua, where we find that football(soccer)club O'Higgins F.C. The region is mainly rural with a lot of apple and pear orchards, also copper mining is still going on. There are 3 provinces in O'Higgins Region namely, Cachapoal Province, Colchagua Province and Cardenal Caro. So let's take an look at the flag.

The flag has an white background with the name of the region in Spanish on the flag, the big no of vexillologists. In the center is the coat of arms and the meaning is not clear. The red stands for the Andes, green for agriculture and yellow for copper. The spur can stand for Bernardo O'Higgins because he was an military officer in the independence war against Spain. Don't get information of the pink, star and sun yet. Drop everything and use only vertical or horizontal stripes with the colors of the coat of arms.