In the Spanish flag, how wide is the yellow stripe?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 4 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: The flag has three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red. The yellow stripe is twice as wide as each red one. Memory hook: yellow is double.
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Constitution · article 4.1
The question in Spanish
En la bandera de España, ¿qué anchura tiene la franja amarilla?
The options
- AHalf as wide as each red stripeLa mitad de la anchura de cada franja roja
- BThe same width as each red stripeLa misma anchura que cada franja roja
- CTwice as wide as each red stripeEl doble de la anchura de cada franja rojaCorrect
What the Constitution says
«1. La bandera de España está formada por tres franjas horizontales, roja, amarilla y roja, siendo la amarilla de doble anchura que cada una de las rojas.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 4 (paragraph 1, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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