Vexillological description
Paño de proporción 1:2, dividido en tres franjas horizontales iguales, sin escudo ni figuras.
- Franja superior
- de plata (blanco).
- Franja central
- de gules (rojo).
- Franja inferior
- de oro (amarillo).
Flag of North Ossetia–Alania
The flag of North Ossetia–Alania consists of three horizontal stripes: the upper one white, the central one red and the lower one yellow.
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
- 199424 November 1994 · 32 years ago
- Colours
- White
- Red
- Yellow
- Coat of arms
- YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
- Designer
- Jurij Szergejevics Gaglojti
Take a closer look
The colours it is made of.
White
Red
Yellow
How it is described
The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
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.
How it came about
How it has changed
What it means
Fun facts
Localisation
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Sources
Text based on the article “Bandera de Osetia del Norte-Alania” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Credits
Flag image: Nardo Polo, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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