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Flag of Kalmykia

The flag of Kalmykia is one of the official symbols of the federal subject of the same name of the Russian Federation.

Flag of Kalmykia
Coat of arms
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The flag, in figures

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

Proportions
1:22 wide for every 1 high. 49 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
199330 July 1993 · 33 years ago
Colours
  • yellow
  • sky blue
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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The colours it is made of.

  • yellow

  • sky blue

  • white

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 1:2, de oro (amarillo), con un círculo y una flor de loto en el centro.

Paño
de oro (amarillo), liso.
Círculo
de azur (azul), centrado.
Flor de loto
de plata (blanco), de pétalos abiertos en abanico, dentro del círculo.
Escudo
no lleva.

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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Test what you have read about the flag of Kalmykia.

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

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

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

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

Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: Bata Badmayevich Erdneyev, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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