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A map of Asia with national flags, excluding dependent territories and partially recognized states (Taiwan not shown) This is a list of international, national and subnational flags used in Asia . Supranational and international flags
Flag Date Use Description 1997 – Flag of Hong Kong: A stylised, white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana flower in the centre of a red field [1]: 1999 – Flag of Macau: Peacock green field with a lotus flower above the stylised Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five golden five-pointed stars, where the large star is in the center flanked by four smaller ...
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.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
Some flags, such as the flags of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, were created by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom. Due to its size, the list is split into continents: List of country subdivision flags in Africa; List of country subdivision flags in Asia; List of country subdivision flags in Europe
This page lists the city flags in Asia. It is a part of the Lists of city flags , which is split into continents due to its size. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.