Banner o Ecuador
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The banner o Ecuador, which consists o horizontal baunds o yellae (dooble width), blue an reid, wis first adoptit on September 26, 1860. The design o the current banner wis finalized in 1900 wi the addition o the coat o airms in the centre o the banner. Afore uisin the yellae, blue an reid tricolor, Ecuador uised white an blue banners that contained stars for each province o the kintra. The design o the banner is vera seemilar tae that o Colombie an Venezuela, which are an aa umwhile constituent territories o Gran Colombie. Aw three are based on a proposal bi Venezuelan General Francisco de Miranda, which wis adoptit bi Venezuela in 1811 an later Gran Colombie wi some modifications. Thare is a variant o the banner that daes no contain the coat o airms that is uised bi the merchant marine. This banner matches Colombie's in ivery aspect, but Colombie uises a different design when her merchant marine ships are at sail.