List of country subdivision flags

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This overview lists flags used by first-level and second-level country subdivisions. The flags of country subdivisions exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. For example, some Indonesian provincial flags features a coat of arms, due to many provincial coat of arms within the province used on their flag. Some Estonian county flags features the green and white background with the coat of arms of the county. Subdivision flags were not always ubiquitous. Many country subdivisions went decades without a flag, until a certain event or an independence or a formation of the country to adopt a creation of the flag. A panel then reviewed the five winning entries, choosing one to become the official subdivision flag. Western Australia's example is typical of the flag adoption processes that many subdivisions undertook with their flags. The 1,000th anniversary of Gloucestershire's founding also spurred the creation of a flag, in 2008. The status of these flags varies from one country or sovereign state to the next: most of them are official flags, whereas others are only used de facto, sometimes to indicate a desire for more autonomy or independence. Some flags, such as the flags of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, were created by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom.


Due to its size, the list is split into continents:

Argentina[edit]

Armenia[edit]

Some Armenian provinces are known to have no flag, including Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, and Kotayk Provinces.

Municipalities[edit]

Australia[edit]

Bahrain[edit]

Governorates[edit]

Former Governorates[edit]

Bolivia[edit]

Departments[edit]

Claimed department[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Chile[edit]

Colombia[edit]

East Timor[edit]

Districts[edit]

Ecuador[edit]

El Salvador[edit]

Departments[edit]

Former Department Flags[edit]

Fiji[edit]

Dependencies[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Honduras[edit]

Departments[edit]

India[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Many Indonesian provincial flags feature their coat of arms on a flag, incorporating elements from the coat of arms, itself based on the flags of the regencies and cities, into their designs.

Iraq[edit]

Israel[edit]

Ivory Coast[edit]

Districts[edit]

Japan[edit]

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kenya[edit]

North Korea[edit]

Special Administrative Regions[edit]

South Korea[edit]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Marshall Islands[edit]

Atolls[edit]

Federated States of Micronesia[edit]

Mongolia[edit]

Myanmar (Burma)[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Islands of the Cook Islands[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Palau[edit]

Papua New Guinea[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

Departments[edit]

Peru[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Samoa[edit]

Islands[edit]

Solomon Islands[edit]

Provinces[edit]

Capital Territory[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Syria[edit]

De facto autonomous area[edit]

Regions within the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria[edit]

Taiwan[edit]

Thailand[edit]

Tonga[edit]

Islands[edit]

United Arab Emirates[edit]

Uruguay[edit]

Each department in Uruguay has its own flag (with the exception of Tacuarembo Department).

Departments[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

Vanuatu[edit]

Provinces[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

Yemen[edit]

Historical states[edit]

Austria-Hungary[edit]

Confederate States of America[edit]

Former territories[edit]

Nguyễn dynasty[edit]

Ottoman Empire[edit]

Autonomous provinces/states

Provinces

Sharifate

Vilayet

Soviet Union[edit]

Yugoslavia[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]