Flags
National, regional, territorial and former flags, a line on each.
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- Flags of the world197 flagsAll 197 national flags, continent by continent, with a line on each.
- Argentina’s province flags24 flagsSky blue, white and a lot of suns: Argentina’s 24 provinces.
- Australia’s state and territory flags11 flagsSix blue ensigns, two mainland territories that went their own way, and three islands.
- Belgium’s regional and provincial flags13 flagsLions, cockerels and an iris: Belgium’s regions and ten provinces.
- Brazil’s state flags27 flagsTwenty-seven flags, several of them from 19th-century revolts against the empire.
- Canada’s provincial and territorial flags13 flagsBritish lions, French lilies in Quebec, and an inuksuk in Nunavut.
- Flags of autonomous regions and islands22 flagsFlags of places that run their own affairs, from Greenland to Easter Island.
- Flags of disputed territories9 flagsFlags flown by breakaway states and contested regions, recognised or not.
- Flags of former countries88 flagsFlags left behind by empires, kingdoms and short-lived republics.
- Flags of international organizations17 flagsThe UN, the EU, NATO, the Olympics: flags that stand for more than one country.
- Flags of the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies18 flagsBlue Ensigns almost everywhere, and something quite different in Gibraltar.
- Flags of the Dutch Caribbean6 flagsSix islands that were one federation, and now each fly their own flag.
- France’s regional and overseas flags24 flagsRegions that mostly never had flags, and a few old provinces that very much do.
- Germany’s state flags16 flagsMostly two plain stripes, plus a bear, a castle and a horse.
- Ireland’s province flags4 flagsA harp, three crowns, an eagle and a red hand: the island’s four provinces.
- Italy’s regional flags20 flagsTwenty regional flags, including Sicily’s trinacria and Sardinia’s four Moors.
- Japan’s prefectural flags47 flagsForty-seven emblems, many of them a stylised character from the prefecture’s name.
- Liberia’s county flags15 flagsFifteen county flags, every one with Liberia’s own flag in the corner.
- Mexico’s state flags32 flagsMostly coats of arms on white, and a few flags with real stories behind them.
- Russia’s regional flags83 flagsEighty-three regional flags, with bears, tigers and camels among them.
- Spain’s regional flags19 flagsNineteen regional flags, and plenty of red and gold from the old Crown of Aragon.
- Switzerland’s canton flags26 flagsTwenty-six square flags: bears, keys, croziers, a bull and a saint.
- The Netherlands’ province flags12 flagsTricolours, lions and water-lily leaves: the twelve Dutch provinces.
- U.S. state flags56 flagsFar too many seals on blue sheets, and some of the best flags anywhere.
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Reading a flag
Flags are a young tradition compared to the countries that fly them: most national flags were adopted in the last two hundred years, many at independence. They borrow from older heraldry, from religious symbols and from each other, so families of flags share designs, like the crosses of the Nordic countries or the colours of Pan-Africanism and Pan-Arabism.
The meaning given to a flag's colours often comes later than the design itself, and official explanations can change over time. The galleries here collect flags around a theme, with a line on each, and the world gallery shows every country's flag together.