Flags of the World

Welcome to Flags of the World

(Including National, State, Municipal, Organizational, and Historical Flags and Ensigns and more…)

Flags of the World (FOTW), founded in 1994, is the Internet’s largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags). Here you can read more than 85,000 pages about flags and view more than 200,000 images of flags of countries, organizations, states, territories, districts and cities, both past and present.

     

Flags of the World is honored to be the recipient of the Vexillon Award in 2024. The Vexillon, established in 1989, has developed into an award for the most important contribution to vexillology during the two years preceding an International Congress of Vexillology. The recipient is selected by the FIAV Board. The award consists of a certificate signed by the Board and a plaque. The Vexillon is sponsored by the Flag Society of Australia Inc. (FSA).

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Searching for Flags on this Website

There are many ways to find flags on this website. Choosing “Index by Country” will take you straight to the country’s page, once there you will find pathways to the national, state, municipal, military, historical, and cultural flags and ensigns of the country. Choosing “Index by Subject” will do the same, but in a more limited manner. Choosing “Search Site by a Topic or Subject” will search the whole FOTW website looking for pages that have information that matches your search criteria. This last method will gather the most information for you. For those more graphic in nature, you can use the “clickable map” method to find your flag. In case you don’t know the origin of a flag you can try using off-site identifiers such as Ed Mooney’s The Flag Wizard or Ivan Sarajčić’s The Flag Identifier.

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Site Indexed by Country

(Select the beginning letter by clicking the letter or corresponding signal flag)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

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X

Y

Z

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Site Indexed by Subject

(Use this Dropdown Menu to Navigate to Lists by Subject}

Search Site by Topic or Subject

(Use the Google Search Engine to search FOTW)

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Search Site by Clickable Maps

(Click on this Map of the World to go to the area you want to explore)

Copyright: FOTW world map by Mark Sensen, based on material from Virtual Tourist and boundaries’ data by Giuseppe Bottasini.
If you wish to reuse them on your website, read our copyright rules.

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Other Search Methods

• Pages reached through the map index
• Index Page for vexillological (non-national) topics
• International Organizations
• Pages ordered by Title
• Search this site by keywords
• Search using the FOTW Search Engine Page
• Pages ordered by date last updated

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Do you want to update or build your own copy of this site? Check build your own local copy or mirror of FOTW website.

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FOTW Mailing List

The Flags of the World Mailing List is the official Mailing List of the Flags of the World website. You can subscribe to the list by entering your email address:

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Call for Editors

Interested in helping maintain this site? Pages are edited by volunteer editors — qualifications include a keen interest in flags and a willingness to learn html editing. Graphics (flag images) require a willingness to work with graphics programs.

Contact the director for further information.

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FOTW and FIAV

FOTW has been a full member of the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques (International Federation of Vexillological Associations), FIAV, since 2001. FIAV is an international federation consisting of 52 regional, national, and multinational associations and institutions that study and encourage the study of vexillology.