List of Burmese flags
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This is a list of flags used in Myanmar (also known as Burma).
State/Union Flag
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File:Flag of Myanmar.svg
|State FlagArticle 437 (a), Chapter {{rn|XIII}}, Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, (2008) of Republic of the Union of Myanmar, also called the Union Flag{{cite act|type=law|date=21 October 2010|legislature=The State Peace and Development Council|title=The Union Flag Law|url=https://www.mlis.gov.mm/mLsView.do;jsessionid=940B4DECB83CA22C4FB3213CCC92AE53?lawordSn=7351|language=my}} |A horizontal triband of yellow, green and red; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre |
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FIle:Flag of Myanmar (vertical).svg
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Flags of administrative divisions
{{see also |c:Flags of subdivisions of Myanmar}}
= States =
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File:Flag of Chin State.svg
|Flag of Chin State |Hornbill on a branch within a white circle surrounded by 9 white stars atop a blue-red-green horizontal triband |
File:Flag of Kachin State.svg
|2010 |Flag of Kachin State |Blue circle with white mountains defaced with Manaw poles on a green field |
File:Flag of Kayah State.svg
|2010 |Flag of Kayah State |A Kinnara centred on a red-blue-green horizontal triband |
File:Flag of Kayin State.svg
| |Flag of Kayin State |Blue-white-red horizontal triband with a white star inset on top-left of blue band |
File:Flag of Mon State (2018).svg
|Yellow Hamsa on a red field |
File:Flag_of_Rakhine.svg
| |Flag of Rakhine State |Emblem of Rakhine, a Shrivatsa, on a blue disk in the centre of a white-red horizontal bicolour |
File:Flag of the Shan State.svg
|12 February 1947ပပ်ႉလၵ်းၼမ်း မုၵ်ႉၸုမ်းၸၢဝ်းၶိူဝ်းတႆး၊ ၼႃႈ – ၂ |Flag of Shan State |White circle, representing the moon, on a yellow-green-red horizontal triband |
= Regions =
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File:Flag of Ayeyarwady Region.svg
|2022 |Flag of Ayeyarwady Region |Seal of Ayeyarwady Region on a blue field |
File:Flag of Bago Region.png
|{{circa|2018}} |Flag of Bago Region |Female hamsa perched on a male hamsa within a white circle bordered in green on a dark blue field. The text {{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}} ("Bago Region") is above the birds. |
File:Flag of Magway Region.svg
|2021 |Flag of Magway Region |Seal of Magway Region on a yellow field with the text {{lang|my|မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}} ("Magway Region") above the seal in green. |
File:Flag of Mandalay Region (2010-2021).svg
|2010 (except 2021) |Flag of Mandalay Region |Seal of Mandalay Region on a red field |
File:Flag of Sagaing Region (2019).svg
|Flag of Sagaing Region |Seal of Sagaing Region centred on a yellow-blue-red horizontal triband with the text {{lang|my|စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}} ("Sagaing Region") above the seal within the yellow band. |
File:Flag of Tanintharyi Region (2010-current).svg
|2010 |Flag of Tanintharyi Region |Naga facing forward with a white star above on a red-blue-green horizontal triband |
File:Flag of Yangon Region.svg
|2022 |Flag of Yangon Region |Inner portion of the Seal of Yangon Region centred on a yellow-green-red horizontal triband with the text {{lang|my|ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအစိုးရအဖွဲ့}} ("Yangon Region Government Group") on a white banner below the seal. |
= Union territory =
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File:Flag of Naypyidaw Union Territory.svg
| | Flag of the Naypyidaw Union Territory | Seal of the Naypyidaw Union Territory on a teal-blue field |
= Self-administered zones and divisions =
== Self-administered zones ==
== Self-administered divisions ==
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File:Flag of Myanmar.svg
| |Flag of the Wa Self-Administered Division |There is no official flag, the flag of Myanmar is used |
Military flags
= Commander-in-Chief =
= Army =
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File:Army Flag of Myanmar.svg
| rowspan="2" |{{circa|1994}} |Flag of the Myanmar Army | rowspan="2" |A horizontal triband of blue, red and blue; charged with a large white five-pointed star at the centre |
File:Myanmar Army Guidon.svg
|Ceremonial Guidon of the Myanmar Army |
== Regional Military Commands ==
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File:Mm-northern-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Northern Command | |
File:Mm-north-western-rmc.svg
|Flag of the North Western Command | |
File:Mm-north-eastern-rmc.svg
|Flag of the North Eastern Command | |
File:Mm-eastern-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Eastern Command | |
File:Myanmar Eastern Central RMC Flag.svg
|Flag of the Eastern Central Command | |
File:Mm-triangle-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Triangle Region Command | |
File:MM Western RMC Flag.svg
|Flag of the Western Command | |
File:Myanmar Naypyitaw RMC Flag.svg
|Flag of the Naypyitaw Command | |
File:Mm-central-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Central Command | |
File:Mm-southern-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Southern Command | |
File:Mm-south-western-rmc.svg
|Flag of the South Western Command | |
File:Mm-yangon-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Yangon Command | |
File:Mm-south-eastern-rmc.svg
|Flag of the South Eastern Command | |
File:Mm-coastal-rmc.svg
|Flag of the Coastal Region Command | |
== Common flags ==
== Battalions ==
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| colspan="2" |Infantry Battalions |
File:Flag of Kha La Ya 14.png
|Flag of the No. (14) Infantry Battalion |
== Divisions ==
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| colspan="2" |Light Infantry Divisions |
File:Mm-lid-11.svg
|Flag of the No. (11) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-22.svg
|Flag of the No. (22) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-33.svg
|Flag of the No. (33) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-44.svg
|Flag of the No. (44) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-55.svg
|Flag of the No. (55) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-66.svg
|Flag of the No. (66) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-77.svg
|Flag of the No. (77) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-88.svg
|Flag of the No. (88) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-99.svg
|Flag of the No. (99) Light Infantry Division |
File:Mm-lid-101.svg
|Flag of the No. (101) Light Infantry Division |
= Navy =
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File:Naval Ensign of Myanmar.svg
|1994 |Naval ensign of the Myanmar Navy |White field with a red canton charged with a white five-pointed star and a blue anchor in the lower fly |
File:Myanmar Navy commissioning pennant.svg
| |Commissioning pennant of the Myanmar Navy | |
= Air Force =
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File:Air Force Ensign of Myanmar.svg
|{{circa|2010s}} |Air force ensign of the Myanmar Air Force |A seagull field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly |
Law enforcement flag
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File:Flag of the Myanmar Police Force.svg
| |Flag of the Myanmar Police Force |Three vertical bands of yellow, blue and red with a union star in the middle |
File:Myanmar Coast Guard Ensign.svg
| |Ensign of the Myanmar Coast Guard |White field with a blue canton charged with a white five-pointed star and two blue anchor crossed in the lower fly https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBBC-J-XsAAqbGd.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}} |
Ministry flags
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File:Education Flag of Myanmar.svg
| |Flag of the Ministry of Education | |
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| |Flag of the Ministry of Defence{{cite web |title=Ministries |url=https://myanmar.gov.mm/ministries |website=Myanmar National Portal}} |A red field charged with logo of Tatmadaw |
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| |Flag of the Ministry of Home Affairs{{cite web |title=Ministry of Home Affairs |url=https://www.moha.gov.mm/index.php?lang=en |website=The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Home Affairs |language=en}} |A horizontal triband of blue, yellow and green; charged with a black text of Burmese word for "Home Affairs" ({{lang|my|ပြည်ထဲရေး}}) on the yellow band. |
Religious flags
Political flags
= Other =
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File:Three Finger Salute Flag.svg
|2021 |Three-finger salute flag |A red field charged with a white three-finger salute symbol. Flown in opposition against the 1st February Coup |
Armed groups
Historical flags
= National =
= Governmental =
= Embassy =
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File:Flag of Burmese Embassy, Nanjing (1949).png
|1949 |Flag hoisted at the Embassy of the Union of Burma to the Republic of China in Nanjing{{cite web |date=13 August 2010 |title=ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် တရားမျှတမှုကို ကိုယ်တိုင် ကျင့်ဆောင်ခဲ့တဲ့ တရားဝန်ကြီးချုပ် |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/53765310 |website=BBC |language=my}} |National flag with Palace city wall on lower fly |
= Civil =
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File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|1886–1937 |Civil Ensign of the British Raj used after the Annexation of Burma in 1886 |British Red Ensign with the Union Jack occupying one quarter of the field placed in the canton and defaced with the Order of the Star of India. |
File:Civil Ensign of Burma (1952-1974).svg
|1952–1974 |Former Civil Ensign of the Union of Burma | |
File:Civil Ensign of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg
|1974–2010 |Former Civil Ensign of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, later, the Union of Myanmar | |
= Military =
== Commander-in-Chief ==
== War flags of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces ==
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|{{lang|my|သတ္တရုဇေယ}}
|Golden field charged with a green disk with a latte rabbit on it, at the centre |
|{{lang|my|မဟာသတ္တရု}}
|Latte field charged with a bīlūḥ holding up both hands with weapons |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Chinthe).png
|{{lang|my|သတ္တရုဇမ္ဗူ}} |A horizontal triband of red, latte and red; with a chinthe in the latte band. |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Red-Blue-Red).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်လက်ဝဲ}} |A horizontal triband of red, blue and red |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Blue-Red-Blue).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်ဝရဇိန်}} |A horizontal triband of blue, red and blue |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Red-Mallard-Red).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်တမွတ်စံ}} |A horizontal triband of red, mallard and red |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Red-William-Red).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်မှန်ကင်း}} |A horizontal triband of red, william and red |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Red-Falu Red-Red).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်နတ်}} |A horizontal triband of red, falu and red |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Yellow-White-Yellow).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်စက်ထိ}} |A horizontal triband of yellow, white and yellow |
File:War Flag of Konbaung Dynasty (Green-Yellow-Green).png
|{{lang|my|ရွှေပြည်တံဆိပ်}} |A horizontal triband of green, yellow and green |
== Army ==
== Navy ==
== Air Force ==
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File:Air Force Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg
|1948–1974 |Former Air Force Ensign of the Burmese Air Force | |
File:Former Ensign of Myanmar Air Force.png
|1974 – {{circa|2010}} |Former Air Force Ensign of |A dodger blue field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly |
= Administrative Divisions =
== States ==
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File:Former flag of Kachin State (1974-2010).jpg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Kachin State |A dark blue field charged with mountains |
File:Flag of Mon State (1974–2018).svg
|1974–2018 |Former flag of Mon State |A blue field charged with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the text {{lang|my|မွန်ပြည်နယ်}} (meaning "Mon State") underneath it |
File:Flag of Kayah State (1974–2010).svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Kayah State |A Kinnara centred on a red-blue-green horizontal triband; a small blue canton defaced on the red band; inside the canton, 14 equal-sized white stars surrounding the paddy ears and the gear |
== Divisions / Regions ==
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File:Flag of Ayeyarwaddy Division.svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Ayeyarwady Division |A stylized orange map of Ayeyarwady Region in a white box on top a field of white and blue waves with the text {{lang|my|ဧရာဝတီတိုင်း}} ("Ayeyarwady Division") above the map |
File:Flag of Ayeyarwady Region (2010–2021).svg
|2010–2022 |Former flag of Ayeyarwady Division |Seal of Ayeyarwady Region with the text {{lang|my|ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}} ("Ayeyarwady Region") above on a white field |
File:Flag of Bago Division.svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Bago Division |A blue field with a golden hamsa, and the text "{{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်း}}" ("Bago Division") under the bird |
File:Former flag of Bago Region.png
|2010 – {{circa|2019}} |A blue field with a golden hamsa, and the text "{{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}" ("Bago Region") under the bird |
File:Flag of Magway Division.svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Magway Division |An orange field with the red text "{{lang|my|မကွေးတိုင်း}}" (meaning "Magway Division") |
|2010–2021
|Former flag of Magway Division |A yellow field charged with former seal (2010–2021) |
File:Flag of Mandalay Division.svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Mandalay Division | |
File:Flag of Mandalay Region (2010-2021).svg
|2010–2021 |Flag of Mandalay Region |Seal of Mandalay Region on a red field |
File:Flag of Mandalay Region.svg
|2021–2022 |Former flag of Mandalay Region |Seal of Mandalay Region on blue background |
File:Flag of Sagaing Region (1974–2010).svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Sagaing Division |A green field with a yellow Burmese leograph and the yellow text "{{lang|my|စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း}}" (meaning "Sagaing Division") |
File:Flag of Sagaing Region (2010–2019).svg
|2010–2019 |Former flag of Sagaing Region |A red field with a Burmese leograph and the text "{{lang|my|စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}" (meaning "Sagaing Region") 2014 Yangon Region Chief Minister Cup, Regions and States Sport Tournament [http://www.ispeyangon.com/sites/default/files/new-349.jpg] [http://www.ispeyangon.com/sites/default/files/new-361.jpg]https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/sites/myanmar.mmtimes.com/files/styles/mmtimes_ratio_c_normal_detail_image/public/news-images/5-myo-win-tun-230-f2.jpg?itok=P-TEXhBb {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}{{cite web |title=မ်ိဳး တံဆိပ္ရိုက္ on Facebook |url=https://m.facebook.com/302698343785836/photos/pcb.598607014194966/598606694194998/?type=3&source=48 |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/302698343785836/598606694194998 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} |
File:Flag of Tanintharyi Region (1974–2010).svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Tanintharyi Division |A dark blue field with the text "{{lang|my|တနင်္သာရီတိုင်း}}" (meaning "Tanintharyi Division") |
File:Flag of Yangon Division.svg
|1974–2010 |Former flag of Yangon Division | |
File:Flag of Yangon Region (2011–2022).svg
|2010–2022 |Former flag of Yangon Region | |
= Political flags =
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|+ !Flag !Date !Party !Description |
File:Flag of the Confederate Farmers Party.png
|2015–2019 | |
File:Flag of Kachin Democratic Party.svg
|2014–2019 |Kachin Democratic Partymy | |
File:Flag of the KSDP.png
|2013–2019 | |
File:Flag of Rakhine Nationalities Development Party.svg
|2010–2014 |Rakhine Nationalities Development Party | |
File:Flag of the Burma Socialist Programme Party (1962–1988).svg
|1962–1988 |Burma Socialist Programme Party | |
File:Flag of the AFPFL.svg
|1958–1964 |Union Party | |
File:Flag of the Synyethe-Wunthann Party of Burma.svg
|1942–1943 | |
File:Hammer and Sickle flag of Burma.svg
|1930-1950s | |
= Armed groups =
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|+ !Flag !Date !Use !Description |
File:Flag of the VBSW.png
|1999–2013 |Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors | |
File:Shan State National Army.svg
|1995–2005 | |
File:Mong Tai Army flag.svg
|1985–1996 | |
File:Karenni National People's Liberation Front flag.png
|1978–2009 |Karenni National People's Liberation Front | |
File:Flag of the Shan State Army.svg
|1964–1975 | |
File:Shan United Revolutionary Army flag.png
|1960–1996 |Shan United Revolutionary Army | |
Former national flag proposals
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style="width:110px;"|Flag | style="width:100px;"|Date | style="width:250px;"|Use | style="width:250px;"|Description |
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File:Flag of Myanmar (2006 proposal).svg | Proposed in 2006 | Flag proposed for Myanmar at the 2006 Plenary Session of the National Convention | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red, with a white five-pointed star in the canton |
File:Flag of Myanmar (2019 proposal).svg | Proposed in 2019 | The National League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar | A red field with a blue canton, in which there is a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of 14 small white five-pointed stars |
File:Flag of Myanmar - Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD)'s proposal 2019.svg | Proposed in 2019 | The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar | A light blue field with a large white five-pointed star surrounded by a circle of eight small white five-pointed stars, with three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red in the hoist |
File:Flag of Myanmar - Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD)'s proposal 2019.svg | Proposed in 2019 | The Zomi Congress for Democracy's proposed flag for Myanmar | A light blue field with a white map of Myanmar in the centre surrounded by an orange oval ring |
File:Flag of Myanmar - The National Unity Party (NUP)'s proposal 2019.svg | Proposed in 2019 | The National Unity Party's proposed flag for Myanmar | A yellow-brown field with a grey oval in the centre surrounded by a black ring and containing a map of Myanmar displaying the individual states and regions of the country in various colours |
See also
- {{portal-inline|Myanmar}}
References
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{{Lists of flags}}
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