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:

• 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

Historical states

Austria-Hungary

Main article: List of Crown land flags and flags of other subdivisions in Austria-Hungary

Confederate States of America

Main article: State flags of the Confederate States of America

Former territories

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  Klaipėda

Nguyễn dynasty

Main article: Flags of the Nguyễn dynasty's administrative units

Ottoman Empire

Autonomous provinces/states

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  Crete
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  Ikaria
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  Samos
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  Scutari
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  Septinsular Republic

Provinces

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  Algiers
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  Egypt
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  Herzegovina
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  Tripolitania
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  Tunis

Sharifate

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  Mecca

Vilayet

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  Bosnia

Soviet Union

Main article: Flags of the Soviet Republics

Yugoslavia

Main article: Flags of the Yugoslav Republics

See also

• Flags of country subdivisions (Oceania)
• Gallery of sovereign state flags
• Flags of dependent territories
• Gallery of flags of dependent territories
• History of flags
• Flags of formerly independent states
• Cultural flags
• Flags of ethnic groups
• Lists of city flags
• Flags of micronations