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Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia

The flag of Karachay-Cherkessia is one of the official symbols of the federal subject of the same name of the Russian Federation.

Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia
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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
19943 February 1994 · 32 years ago
Colours
  • Sky blue
  • Green
  • Red
  • Yellow
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

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  1. The three stripes

  2. 1

    The sun

  3. 2

    The mountain

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera rectangular de proporción 1:2 con tres franjas horizontales iguales (azul claro, verde y roja) y un círculo dorado con un sol y una montaña en el centro, sobre la franja verde.

Franjas
tres, de la misma altura: azul claro, verde y roja, de arriba abajo.
Círculo
de borde dorado, centrado en la franja verde, con un sol amarillo de rayos largos y cortos que asoma tras una montaña blanca.

What it carries

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

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

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  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 Karacháyevo-Cherkesia” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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