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All 193 member states and 2 observer states of the United Nations, in addition to several de facto states, represent themselves with national flags.National flags generally contain symbolism of their respective state and serve as an emblem which distinguishes themselves from other states in international politics.
The Flag of Saudi Arabia includes the shahada, an Islamic creed; The Flag of Iraq includes the Takbir) or a geographic feature (e.g. The Flag of the United Nations included an Azimuthal equidistant projection of the earth). Flags having a truly different designs on both their sides (two-sided ) differ from the norm.
Flag of the Treinta y Tres Orientales. cooficial flag of Uruguay Naval Jack of Uruguay Utah Uvs Province Uzbekistan [95] [96] Vanuatu Venezuela [97] [98] (civil flag) Vojvodina Wales Zaire (1971–1997) Yugoslavia Zambia [99] Zulia Žilina Region
A red flag featuring two armored arms from the regional coat of arms with a fortressy white field on the hoist side of the flag. Adopted by the regional council on 8.6.1997. Flag of Northern Savonia: A black swallow-tailed flag featuring a loaded bow from the regional coat of arms placed between two yellow stripes. Flag of Päijänne Tavastia
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
Sometimes these flags are used to represent languages. Many countries with shared history, culture, ethnicity, or religion have similarities in their flags that represent this connection. Sets of flags in this list within the same category may represent countries' shared connections, or the design similarity may be a coincidence.
The first Commonwealth country to drop the Union Flag was Canada in 1965, after adopting a new national flag. The most recent country to drop the Union Flag from its flag was South Africa in 1994, after adopting a new national flag. The only overseas territory without the Union Flag on its current flag is Gibraltar.
Some of these flags are historical. Also, flag proportions may vary between the different flags and sometimes even between different versions of the same flag. The Flag of Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic country or territory without a Nordic Cross. When Greenland was granted home rule, the present flag — with a graphic design ...