Lists 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:
- List of country subdivision flags in Africa
- List of country subdivision flags in Asia
- List of country subdivision flags in Europe
- List of country subdivision flags in North America
- List of country subdivision flags in Oceania
- List of country subdivision flags in South America
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Historical states
=Austria-Hungary=
{{main|commons:Flags of Austria-Hungary#Regional flags|l1 = List of Crown land flags and flags of other subdivisions in Austria-Hungary}}
=Confederate States of America=
{{Main|Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#State_flags|l1 = State flags of the Confederate States of America}}
=Former territories=
File:Flag of the Klaipėda Region.svg|Klaipėda
=Nguyễn dynasty=
{{main|Flags of the Nguyễn dynasty's administrative units}}
=Ottoman Empire=
Autonomous provinces/states
Flag of Cretan State.svg|Crete
Flag of the Free State of Ikaria.svg|Ikaria
File:Flag of the Principality of Samos (1834–1912).svg|Samos
File:Flag of Mahmut Pasha Bushatli - 1796.svg|Scutari
Flag of the Septinsular Republic.svg|Septinsular Republic
Provinces
File:Flag of Algiers.jpg|Algiers
File:Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg|Egypt
File:Western Herzegovina 1760 flag.svg|Herzegovina
File:Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg|Tripolitania
File:Tunisian flag till 1831.svg|Tunis
Sharifate
File:Hashmite Banner.jpg|Mecca
Vilayet
File:Flag of Independent Bosnia (1878).svg|Bosnia
=Soviet Union=
{{main|Flags of the Soviet Republics}}
=Yugoslavia=
{{main|Flag of Yugoslavia#Flags of the Yugoslav Republics|l1 = Flags of the Yugoslav Republics}}
See also
{{Commons category|Flags of country subdivisions}}
{{Portal|Heraldry}}