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The Republic of South Ossetia – State of Alania maintains a Presidential standard for use by the President of South Ossetia when serving in an official capacity as the head of state. Although the flag is often the coat of arms centered on the flag, there is no codified presidential standard, and as such several variants have been used.
South Ossetia, [a] officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, [7] is a partially recognised [8] landlocked country in the South Caucasus. [9] It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
South Ossetia is a region in the North Caucasus that is under the effective control of the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia but recognized by most of the international community as part of Georgia. The Government of Georgia has established an Administration of South Ossetia which it considers to be the legal government of South Ossetia.
The Flag of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia that was used by the Georgian-established Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia and also the flag of the ethnically related Republic of North Ossetia-Alania within the Russian Federation. 1991–present: Flag of the President of South Ossetia
Iron in the east and south form a larger group of Ossetians. They speak Iron dialect, which in turn is divided into several subgroups: Alagirs, Kurtats, Tagaurs, Kudar, Tual, Urstual and Chsan. Kudar are the southern group of Ossetians. Tual are in the central part of Ossetia. Ksan are in the east of South Ossetia. Digor people in the west.
South Ossetian flags are usually displayed in Tskhinvali by the Separatist controlled territories of the breakaway region alongside of the Russian national flag. Both the central Georgian government and Sanakoyev's administration considers any negotiations with Kokoity's government meaningless because of its dependence on Moscow.
The 2008 South Ossetia war was fought in August 2008 between Georgia on one side and South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Russia on the other, resulting in a combined South Ossetian, Abkhaz and Russian victory and the expulsion of the Georgian military from both territories.
Flag of South Ossetia [note 3] The flag of the South Ossetia is a tricolour, the top stripe white, the middle stripe red and the bottom stripe yellow. 2000– Flag of Transnistria: The flag of Transnistria consists of three stripes (red-green-red) and the Soviet hammer and sickle; it is based on the flag of the Moldavian SSR.