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Baden-Wurttemberg State Adopted – 29th September 1954 |
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The Bahamas Adopted – 10th July 1973 |
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Three equal
horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black
equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; the band colours represent the
golden beaches of the islands surrounded by the aquamarine sea; black
represents the vigour and force of a united people, while the pointing
triangle indicates the enterprise and determination of the Bahamian people to
develop the rich resources of land and sea |
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Bahia Adopted – 11th June 1960 |
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Four alternating horizontal
stripes of equal length in white and red; in the upper hoist-side canton, a
white triangle on a blue field |
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Bahrain Adopted – 14th February 2002 |
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Red, the traditional colour for
flags of Persian Gulf states, with a white serrated band (five white points)
on the hoist side; the five points represent the five pillars of Islam Note: until
2002, the flag had eight white points, but this was reduced to five to avoid
confusion with the Qatari flag |
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Balearic Islands |
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Bangladesh Adopted – 17th January 1972 |
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Green field
with a large red disk shifted slightly to the hoist side of centre; the red
disk represents the rising sun and the sacrifice to achieve independence; the
green field symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh |
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Barbados Adopted – 30th November 1966 |
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Three equal
vertical bands of ultramarine blue (hoist side), gold, and ultramarine blue
with the head of a black trident centred on the gold band; the band colours
represent the blue of the sea and sky and the gold of the beaches; the
trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial
coat of arms contained a complete trident) |
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Belarus Adopted – 7th June 1995 (original design with a thinner ornament pattern) 10th February
2012 (current design which a thicker ornament pattern) |
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Red horizontal
band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a
white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears Belarusian national ornamentation
in red; the red band colour recalls past struggles from oppression, the green
band represents hope and the many forests of the country |
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Belgium Adopted – 23rd January 1831 |
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Three equal
vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the vertical design
was based on the flag of France; the colours are those of the arms of the
duchy of Brabant (yellow lion with red claws and tongue on a black field) |
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Belize Adopted – 21st September 1981 (standardized on 28th
August 2019 |
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Royal blue with a narrow red
stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centred is a large white disk
bearing the coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked by two
workers in front of a mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I
Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green
garland of 50 mahogany leaves; the colours are those of the two main
political parties: blue for the PUP and red for the UDP; various elements of
the coat of arms - the figures, the tools, the mahogany tree, and the garland
of leaves - recall the logging industry that led to British settlement of
Belize Note: Belize's
flag is the only national flag that depicts human beings; two British Overseas
Territories, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands, also depict humans |
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Benin Adopted – 16th November 1959 |
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Two equal horizontal bands of
yellow (top) and red (bottom) with a vertical green band on the hoist side;
green symbolizes hope and revival, yellow wealth, and red courage Note: uses
the popular Pan-African colours of Ethiopia |
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Berlin Civil |
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Bermuda |
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Red, with the flag of the UK in
the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (a white shield
with a red lion standing on a green grassy field holding a scrolled shield
showing the sinking of the ship Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centred on
the outer half of the flag; it was the shipwreck of the vessel, filled with
English colonists originally bound for Virginia, that led to the settling of
Bermuda Note: the
flag is unusual in that it is only British overseas territory that uses a red
ensign, all others use blue |
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Bhutan Adopted – 1969 |
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Divided
diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and
the lower triangle is orange; centred along the dividing line is a large
black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side; the dragon, called
the Druk (Thunder Dragon), is the emblem of the nation; its white colour
stands for purity and the jewels in its claws symbolize wealth; the background
colours represent spiritual and secular powers within Bhutan: the orange is
associated with Buddhism, while the yellow denotes the ruling dynasty |
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Bolivia Adopted – 31st October 1851 |
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Three equal horizontal bands of
red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centred on the yellow
band; red stands for bravery and the blood of national heroes, yellow for the
nation's mineral resources, and green for the fertility of the land note: similar
to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centred in
the yellow band; in 2009, a presidential decree made it mandatory for a
so-called wiphala - a square, multi-coloured flag representing the country's
indigenous peoples - to be used alongside the traditional flag |
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Bonaire |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Adopted – 4th February 1998 (updated 10th August 2001) |
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A wide blue vertical band on the
fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of
the flag; the remainder of the flag is blue with seven full five-pointed
white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle;
the triangle approximates the shape of the country and its three points stand
for the constituent peoples - Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs; the stars
represent Europe and are meant to be continuous (thus the half stars at top
and bottom); the colours (white, blue, and yellow) are often associated with
neutrality and peace, and traditionally are linked with Bosnia Note: one
of several flags where a prominent component of the design reflects the shape
of the country; other such flags are those of Brazil, Eritrea, and Vanuatu |
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Bosniac-Croat Federation |
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Botswana Adopted – 30th September 1966 |
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Light blue
with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the centre; the blue symbolizes
water in the form of rain, while the black and white bands represent racial harmony |
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Brandenburg State and Civil |
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Bouvet Island |
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The flag of
Norway is used |
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Brazil Adopted – 19th November 1889 (21-star version) 11th May 1992
(current 27-star version) |
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Green with a large yellow
diamond in the centre bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white
five-pointed stars; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto
ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress); the current flag was inspired by the
banner of the former Empire of Brazil (1822-1889); on the imperial flag, the
green represented the House of Braganza of Pedro I, the first Emperor of
Brazil, while the yellow stood for the Habsburg Family of his wife; on the
modern flag the green represents the forests of the country and the yellow
rhombus its mineral wealth (the diamond shape roughly mirrors that of the
country); the blue circle and stars, which replaced the coat of arms of the
original flag, depict the sky over Rio de Janeiro on the morning of 15 November
1889 - the day the Republic of Brazil was declared; the number of stars has
changed with the creation of new states and has risen from an original 21 to
the current 27 (one for each state and the Federal District) Note: one
of several flags where a prominent component of the design reflects the shape
of the country; other such flags are those of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Eritrea, and Vanuatu |
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British Antarctic Territory Adopted – 1st August 1963 |
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A white ensign with the Union flag in the top left-hand
corner and the coat of the arms of the British Antarctic Territory centre-right. |
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British Columbia Adopted – 14th June 1960 |
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A white banner with a Union Jack on the top third
modified with a golden crown and three wavy blue lines on the bottom, all
under a setting golden half-sun on the bottom. |
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British Indian Ocean Territory |
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White with
six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper
hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown
(the symbols of the territory) centred on the outer half of the flag; the
wavy stripes represent the Indian Ocean; although not officially described,
the six blue stripes may stand for the six main atolls of the archipelago |
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British Virgin Islands |
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Blue with the
flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat
of arms centred in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a
woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a
scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful); the islands were named
by COLUMBUS in 1493 in honour of Saint Ursula and her 11 virgin followers (some
sources say 11,000) who reputedly were martyred by the Huns in the 4th or 5th
century; the figure on the banner holding a lamp represents the saint; the
other lamps symbolize her followers |
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Brittany |
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Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with
an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine) |
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Brunei Adopted – 29th September 1959 |
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Yellow with
two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double width) and black starting
from the upper hoist side; the national emblem in red is superimposed at the centre;
yellow is the colour of royalty and symbolizes the sultanate; the white and
black bands denote Brunei's chief ministers; the emblem includes five main
components: a swallow-tailed flag, the royal umbrella representing the
monarchy, the wings of four feathers symbolizing justice, tranquillity,
prosperity, and peace, the two upraised hands signifying the government's
pledge to preserve and promote the welfare of the people, and the crescent
moon denoting Islam, the state religion; the state motto "Always render
service with God's guidance" appears in yellow Arabic script on the
crescent; a ribbon below the crescent reads "Brunei, the Abode of Peace" |
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Brussels Region |
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Bulgaria Adopted – 1879 27th November
1990 (readoption) |
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Three equal horizontal bands of
white (top), green, and red; the pan-Slavic white-blue-red colours were
modified by substituting a green band (representing freedom) for the blue Note: the
national emblem, formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe, has been
removed |
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Burgenland |
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Burkina Faso |
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Two equal horizontal bands of
red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the centre; red
recalls the country's struggle for independence, green is for hope and
abundance, and yellow represents the country's mineral wealth Note: uses
the popular Pan-African colours of Ethiopia |
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Burma |
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consists of three equal horizontal stripes of yellow (top), green, and red; centred
on the green band is a large white five-pointed star that partially overlaps
onto the adjacent coloured stripes; the design revives the triband colours
used by Burma from 1943-45, during the Japanese occupation |
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Burundi Adopted – 27th September 1982 |
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Divided by a
white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist
side and fly side) with a white disk superimposed at the centre bearing three
red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one
star above, two stars below); green symbolizes hope and optimism, white
purity and peace, and red the bloodshed in the struggle for independence; the
three stars in the disk represent the three major ethnic groups: Hutu, Twa,
Tutsi, as well as the three elements in the national motto: unity, work,
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