Full Name: Republic of Korea Capital: Seoul Phone code: +82 TLD: .kr Region: Asia The national flag of South Korea is called “Taegeukgi”. It is white and carries in the center the yin-yang. The yang (red symbol) means light and heat and the yin (blue symbol) represents darkness and cold. The symbols surrounding the yin-yang are four taeguks, […]
Full Name: Hong Kong Capital: Hong Kong Phone code: +852 TLD: .hk Region:Asia The flag of Hong Kong features a white, stylised, five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) flower in the centre of a red field. Its design was adopted on 4 April 1990 at the Third Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. […]
National Flag of Honduras and Flag History Full Name: Republic of Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa Phone code: +504 TLD: .hn Region:America Honduras National Flag The national flag of Honduras was created during the Administration of the President of the Republic Mr. Jose Maria Medina on February 16, 1866, when the National Congress issued Legislative Decree No. […]
Full Name:Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Capital:Pyongyang Phone Code:+850 Region:Asia Tld:kp The national flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea consists of a central red panel, bordered both above and below by a narrow white stripe and a broad blue stripe. The central red panel bears a five-pointed red star within a white circle […]
Full Name: Vatican City Capital: Vatican City Phone code: +379 TLD: .va Region: Europe The flag of Vatican City was adopted on June 7, 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating a new independent state governed by the Holy See. The Vatican flag is modeled on the flag of […]
Full Name:Federal Republic of Nigeria Capital: Abuja Phone Code:+234 Region:Africa Tld:ng The national flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. The original submission had a red radiating sun badge in the centre triptych of one white vertical with a green vertical on each side. […]
Full Name: Republic of Haiti Capital: Port-au-Prince Phone code: +509 TLD: .ht Region: America The first purely Haitian flag was adopted on 18 May 1803, on the last day of the Congress of Arcahaie, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Port-au-Prince. Haitian lore holds that the newly appointed revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines created […]