List of country subdivision flags

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:

Armenia edit

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

Municipalities edit

Bahrain edit

Governorates edit

Former Governorates edit

East Timor edit

Districts edit

Georgia 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

Japan edit

Kazakhstan edit

North Korea edit

Special Administrative Regions edit

South Korea edit

Kyrgyzstan edit

Malaysia edit

Mongolia edit

Myanmar (Burma) edit

Pakistan edit

Papua New Guinea edit

Philippines 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

United Arab Emirates edit

Uzbekistan 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