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Flag of Chechnya

The flag of Chechnya is a rectangular field with sides in a 2:3 ratio, the same ratio as the flag of the Russian Federation.

Flag of Chechnya
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
200422 June 2004 · 22 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Green
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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Take a closer look

  1. The three bands

  2. 1

    The golden ornament

  3. 2

    The green band

  4. 3

    The red band

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, dividido en tres franjas horizontales en proporción 4:1:3, con una franja vertical junto al asta.

Franja superior
de sinople (verde), la más ancha.
Franja central
de plata (blanco), la más estrecha.
Franja inferior
de gules (rojo).
Franja del asta
de plata, vertical y estrecha, a todo lo alto del paño, con un ornamento nacional checheno de oro (amarillo).

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

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  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Chechenia?

  2. 2. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  3. 3. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Chechenia” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: We moved to 8.12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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