Flags of Asia
Information about Flags of Asia
This is a gallery of international and national flags used in Asia.
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Headquarters
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Membership 8 member states
6 observers
Leaders
- Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji
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International
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Central Asia
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Eastern Asia
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Southeastern Asia
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Southern Asia
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Western Asia
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Eastern Europe - Western Asia
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See also
Flags of Asia | |
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| Sovereign states and other territories | Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan1 Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China People's Republic of China (Hong Kong • Macau)] Republic of China (Taiwan) Cyprus Egypt1 Georgia1 India Indonesia1 Iran Iraq Israel (see also Palestinian territories) Japan Jordan Kazakhstan1 Korea (North Korea South Korea) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia1 Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste (East Timor)1 Turkey1 Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen1 |
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Colombia
Croatia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
India
Republic of Ireland
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Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Rhodesia
Romania
Russia
Serbia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom (England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales • Falkland Islands • Gibraltar)
United States (Puerto Rico)
Vatican City
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national flag is a flag that symbolises a country. The flag is flown by the government, but usually can be flown by citizens of that country as well.
Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses often fly the national flag.
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Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses often fly the national flag.
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flag is a piece of woven cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used symbolically for signalling or identification. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.
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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.
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Headquarters
(and largest city)
Working language Russian
Type Commonwealth
Membership 11 member states
1 associate member
Leaders
- Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev
Establishment December 21 1991
Website
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(and largest city)
Working language Russian
Type Commonwealth
Membership 11 member states
1 associate member
Leaders
- Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev
Establishment December 21 1991
Website
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flag of the Commonwealth of Nations consists of the Commonwealth symbol in gold on a blue background. Its proportions are 1:2. The spears that surround the globe form a 'C' for 'Commonwealth', but their number (61) has no special significance.
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flag of the League of Arab States is a green banner bearing the seal of the League of Arab States. The twenty links in the chain represent the twenty members of the League at the time of the flag's adoption. The script gives the name of the organization: League of Arab States.
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Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC; Arabic: منظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The principal aim of the organization, according to its Statute, is the determination of the best means for safeguarding their interests, individually and collectively; devising ways and means of ensuring the
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The current flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was adopted in November 1993. Set upon a blue background, ten paddy or rice stalks are drawn in the middle of a red circle. The stalks symbolize ASEAN's ten members.
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Members • Observers
Headquarters
(and largest city)
Membership 8 member states
6 observers
Leaders
- Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji
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Type Trade bloc
Membership Arab Gulf states (6)
Leaders
- Secretary-General Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah
Establishment
- As the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
May 25 1981
Population
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Membership Arab Gulf states (6)
Leaders
- Secretary-General Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah
Establishment
- As the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
May 25 1981
Population
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Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. Though various definitions of its exact composition exist, no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics.
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flag of Kazakhstan was adopted on June 4, 1992, replacing the flag of the Kazakh SSR.
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Description
It consists of a sky-blue background, with a steppe eagle beneath a golden sun with 32 rays in the centre, and a web-like pattern running down the left-hand side...... Click the link for more information.
flag of Kyrgyzstan was adopted on March 3, 1992. It consists of a red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Kyrgyz tribes; alternate interpretations suggest 40 warriors of the mythical hero Manas.
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Tajikistan was the last of the former Soviet republics to reveal a new flag. The one common link between this and the 1953 SSR flag is the choice of colors - red, white and green.
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flag of Turkmenistan was adopted on January 24, 2001. It is often described as the most detailed national flag in the world.
It features a green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above
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It features a green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above
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flag of Uzbekistan was approved at the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on November 18, 1991.[1]
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Symbolism
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East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 km², or about 28% of the Asian continent and about 15% bigger than the area of Europe. More than 1.
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The flag of the People's Republic of China, the "Five-Starred Red Flag (五星红旗 in pinyin: wǔ xīng hóng qÃ)", was designed by Zeng Liansong, an economist and artist from Ruian (瑞安 ruì ān), Zhejiang.
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This is a list of current and historical flags used in the geographic area of China, including both the People's Republic of China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) and the Republic of China.
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National Flag of the Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國國旗; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国国旗
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This is a list of current and historical flags used in the geographic area of China, including both the People's Republic of China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) and the Republic of China.
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The national flag of Japan, known as Nisshōki (日章旗 "sun flag") or Hinomaru (日の丸 "sun disc") in Japanese, is a base white flag with a large red disc (representing the rising sun) in the center.
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Flag of North Korea was adopted on September 8 1948, as the national flag and ensign. The famous red star of Communism can be seen on this flag on a white disk. Interestingly enough, North Korea had originally adopted a "taegeugki" following independence from the Japanese Empire
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flag of South Korea, or Taegukgi (Although revised official Romanization is Taegeukgi, the word Taegukgi has been used in English world historically) has three parts: a white background; a red and blue taegeuk in the center; and four black trigrams, one in each corner
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flag of Mongolia was adopted on February 12, 1992. It is similar to the flag of 1949, except for the removal of the socialist star. It has three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red.
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The flag of Tibet was introduced in 1912 by the 13th Dalai Lama, who united the army flags of various provinces to design the present one. Since then, it served as the all-Tibet military flag until 1950[1].
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