And in the last part, there are historical flags, including flags of former organizations.
Country Flags
Lesotho
The flag has blue, white and green bands, with a black Basotho hat in the middle. The hat is called a mokorotlo.
Lesotho became independent in 1966; the current flag followed in 2006.
If you are considering visiting this place, I suggest you start from Maseru, the capital.
Uzbekistan
The flag of Uzbekistan was adopted on 18 November 1991, after independence from the Soviet Union. Thin red lines separate the blue, white and green bands; the upper corner holds a crescent and twelve stars.
You can see centuries of history in cities like Samarkand. Plov is another familiar part of Uzbek culture: a rice dish made with meat, onions and carrots.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has my favorite colors among these national flags. Green at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom: no emblem interrupts the three bands.
City & Regional Flags
The same colors also appear in town, county and regional flags.
Blachownia
Blachownia is a town in southern Poland. Its flag reminds me of the Cuban flag because of the triangle at the hoist, though the rest of the design differs: a green triangle meets just two horizontal bands, white above blue.
San Pedro Department
This is San Pedro Department in Paraguay. The pictured flag has vertical blue, white and green bands, with the departmental seal in the white band.
Khabarovsk Krai
Light blue and green meet white in the Khabarovsk Krai flag. The green triangle stretches in from the hoist, while white and blue divide the rest horizontally.
The region is in the Russian Far East. If you plan a winter visit, checking the weather twice is still good advice.
Guaviare
The dark green and blue in the flag of Guaviare sit on either side of a white band. Guaviare is a department of Colombia.
Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire flag is my favorite of the cross flags. The blue cross has a cream border against green, so its light detail is cream rather than pure white.
Gloucestershire is an English county, and Gloucester Cathedral is one of its historic landmarks.
Los Lagos
Four white stars sit in the upper green half of the Los Lagos regional flag from Chile. Blue fills the lower half.
Old Flags
Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (self-proclaimed kingdom)
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (historical)
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (organization)
Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada (former municipal flag)
| Name | Short Description |
|---|---|
| Lesotho | Blue, white and green horizontal bands; black Basotho hat |
| Uzbekistan | Blue, white and green horizontal bands; red separators, crescent and twelve stars |
| Sierra Leone | Green, white and blue horizontal bands |
| Blachownia (Poland) | White above blue, with a green triangle at the hoist |
| Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia | Blue, white and green horizontal bands; no star |
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