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30 Jul 2015, 2:47 am

Let's talk about bizarre, strange, and unusual flags. I know about two non-rectangular flags:

- the flag of the state of Ohio, which is a trapezoid with a triangle cut out of one side
- the flag of Nepal, which looks like two right triangles that slightly overlap each other (it's not even symmetrical!)

Do you know of any other funny-looking flags?



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30 Jul 2015, 5:29 pm

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Mozambique only national flag with a gun in it.

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Hawaii is not in the Commonwealth, nor a British territory.

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Ilse of Man and Sicily have Triskelion

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31 Jul 2015, 3:12 pm

i hope children in Turkmenistan don't have to draw their flag in school like we did. poor them.

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01 Aug 2015, 8:39 am

Only one country ( as far as I know) has the shape of the country itself on its flag.

Its no accident that that country is an island nation (only an island nation would be confident that its boundary lines are not gonna change for eternity).

That country is Cyprus.



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01 Aug 2015, 4:22 pm

unlike most others that have done it, cyprus' flag actually looks good.

i'd lie to see what chile's would look like... if it did that :chin:

most american states have particularly horrid flags, but the cities...

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26 Apr 2016, 1:53 am

Check out the flag of the state of Georgia from 2001-2003. Flag-ception!
A list of double-sided flags: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_whose_reverse_differs_from_the_obverse
The flags of Switzerland and Vatican City are the only two square national flags.
Qatar's flag is the only official national flag having a width more than twice its height.



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26 Apr 2016, 2:07 am

ohio.

only non quadrilateral flag in the 'states.

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26 Apr 2016, 3:33 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Only one country ( as far as I know) has the shape of the country itself on its flag.

Its no accident that that country is an island nation (only an island nation would be confident that its boundary lines are not gonna change for eternity).

That country is Cyprus.


Cambodia had the country's shape on its flag from the early 90s, when they started calling themselves Cambodia again (it was called Kampuchea at the time).


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27 Apr 2016, 1:52 am

cambodia is a nice round shape.


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27 Apr 2016, 2:42 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:
unlike most others that have done it, cyprus' flag actually looks good.

i'd lie to see what chile's would look like... if it did that :chin:

most american states have particularly horrid flags, but the cities...

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Milwaukee's flag is better than the state flag imo(both suck)

Phoenix has a cool flag, Arizona has the best state flag imo

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27 Apr 2016, 2:44 am

Kosovo has the shape of the 'country' on their flag as well



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27 Apr 2016, 2:59 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Only one country ( as far as I know) has the shape of the country itself on its flag.

Its no accident that that country is an island nation (only an island nation would be confident that its boundary lines are not gonna change for eternity).

That country is Cyprus.


Cyprus is divided in half with the Turks having occupied the self declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 1974, the island on their flag represents the entirety of Cyprus

Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan but is mostly ethnic Armenians which has an interesting flag.

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27 Apr 2016, 3:20 am

Jacoby wrote:
Phoenix has a cool flag, Arizona has the best state flag imo

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yeah, the southwestern states usually perform better then their eastern counterparts. easier on the eye and drawable by schoolchildren.

IMO, new mexico's flag has an edge over arizonas in simplicity and overall design.

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27 Apr 2016, 3:36 am

New Mexico's flag is cool as well, I think the consensus is that Arizona and New Mexico are the top 2 as far as design. The rays of the setting sun atop a sea of blue emblazoned with a copper star, just great design. I really like the idea of the rays of sun, reminds me Japan's rising sun flag.

Mesa, AZ has a pretty cool flag too(altho you don't really see it like you do the city of Phoenix one which is on everything)

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