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National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919. This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons.
The suffix -stan is analogous to the suffix -land, present in many country and location names.The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian rigestân (ریگستان), "place of sand, desert"; golestân (گلستان), "place of flowers, garden"; gurestân (گورستان), "graveyard, cemetery"; [4] and Hendostân (هندوستان), "Land of the Indus ()".
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [4] The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning ' land ') in both respective native languages and most other languages.
This list defines the year of flag adoption as the year since when the current flag has been used continuously to represent a nation, autonomous region or occupied state. Only countries which are currently sovereign states are listed, although the flag may have been adopted before the countries gained independence.
Flags of the United Nations member and non-member GA observer states in front of the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
Country before 1700s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s ... Timeline of U.S. state flags; List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption; Notes
This gallery of sovereign state civil flags shows the civil ensigns of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag.