Discover the 32 most unique national flags in the world

There are 197 countries recognized in the world and each country has its own flag. Just like clothes talk a lot about a person's personality, the national flag also shows many things about that country.

1. Nepal

Nepal is the only country in the world that has an unusual shaped flag. 2 triangles symbolizing 2 Mount Everest peaks, located on the border of this country. According to legend, Nepal will survive as long as the sun and moon are described on the existing flag.

2. Vatican City and Switzerland

Flags of all other countries are rectangular. However, the Vatican and Swiss national flags are slightly different - their flags are square.

The Red Cross flag used by the International Committee of the Red Cross comes from the Swiss flag but its color is reversed. This symbol was chosen to honor ICRC founder - a Swiss man named Henry Dunant.

3. Jamaica

There are 55 flags in the world that are horizontal and have 3 stripes. The most popular colors on the world flags are red, white and blue. One of these colors always appears on a flag.

However, the flag of Jamaica was yellow-black-green to honor the National Day, August 6, 1962 when the country was freed from British rule. These colors are rarely seen on other flags.

4. Dominica

The color rarely seen on the flag is purple. Because in the past, natural purple dyeing was complicated and expensive, and by the end of the 19th century when the artificial version of the dye appeared, most countries applied it on the national flag.

Today purple appears only on the flag of Dominica. It is on the chest color of the sisserou parrot - the symbol of the country.

5. Bahamia

There is another rare color that only appears on a national flag: aquamarine. It represents water on the flag of the Bahamas, while yellow stripes represent a coastline and a black triangle represents the unity and determination of Bahamians.

This flag is quite 'young' - only 45 years old. It was adopted in 1973.

6. Denmark

It's hard to find any of the oldest flags in existence. But the oldest continuously used flag in the world is Denmark's flag. It dates back to the 14th century and has its own name, Dannebrog.

Curious, insulting the flag of other countries officially banned in Denmark, while there was no official punishment when someone insulted their own flag.

7. Seychelles

One of the youngest flags is the Seychelles flag, only 22 years old and it was adopted in 1996. You can feel the energy and light through the 5 'rays' on the flag.

8. Canada

Canada's flag is also quite young - 53 years old. It was adopted in 1965. The maple leaf on the Canadian flag is not the same as any leaf in nature. It is explained that when the flag flies in the wind, the shape of the true leaf will be changed like that

9. Japan

Japan has renewed the flag 20 years ago but only partially. In the flag used before 1999, the red circle has a different color and it is not located in the center. The ratio of flags is also different.

10. United Kingdom

The flag of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is called Union Jack. It includes the Holy Cross. George, St. St. Andrew and St. Cross. Patrick.

However, Wales, part of the country, is not represented on the flag.

11. Philippines

The Philippines is the only country that can change the color of the flag. During wartime, red stripes and blue stripes swapped with each other.

12. Paraguay

Paraguay's flag is unique because it has two faces. The front is the national emblem and the back is the seal of the treasury.

13. Belize

We can see many animals, tools and even weapons on many flags of the nations but the image of humans only appears on the flag of Belize.

14. Portugal

Portugal is the only country that describes a scientific device on the flag. It is a globe - an astronomical device for calculating coordinates.

The flag reminds people of their excellent Portuguese navigators, their excellent trips and geographical discoveries.

15. Bhutan

Bhutan's flag has a dragon-shaped symbol. It represents the name of the country in Tibetan language: 'Dragon land'. The dragon holds jewelry in the foot, symbolizing the country's wealth.

16. Mozambique

There are many weapons appearing on different flags, but none of them has a detailed picture of the AK-47 assault rifle except Mozambique. The book, hoes and rifles represent education, production and protection of the country.

17. Brazil

Brazil's flag is an image of a starry sky on November 15, 1889 at 8:30 am the day Brazil was declared a republic.

18. Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa

Southern Cross is a famous constellation only visible below the equator. In addition to Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa, this symbol also appears on other national flags in that region.

19. Nauru

One can easily tell where Nauru is located on the world map when looking at their national flag.

The yellow band represents the equator, the blue is the Pacific Ocean and the star is the island's position on the equator.

20. Qatar

Qatar has the longest flag. The right side of the flag was used red until 1936, but the dyes were discolored in the sun to brown, so the color of the flag was changed.

21. Indonesia and Monaco

Indonesia and Monaco's flags look quite similar.

Indonesia declared independence in 1945 with the flag of white and red. Monaco tried to protest this because they had a flag like that but the protest was suppressed because the Indonesian flag was darker.

Today, the flags of these two countries differ only in proportion. The proportion of Indonesian flags is 2: 3, while Monaco's are 4: 5.

22. Romania and Chad

Romania and Chad are similar to two similar flags. The difference of blue shades is almost indistinguishable.

23. Mauritius

Mauritius's national flag is the only flag consisting of 4 horizontal stripes. It was designed in 1967 at College of Arms of Great Britain.

24. Monochrome flag

Today, there are no monochromatic flags left in the world but there used to be.

From 1815 to 1830, France had a monochrome white flag.

From 1880 to 1901, the flag of Afghanistan was a monochrome black cloth.

From 1977 to 2011, Libya's flag was the only flag in the world in the shape of a green rectangle.

The flags of different countries are the same as humans: sometimes they look like two drops of water and sometimes they are as different as black and white. However, each flag carries a part of each country's own culture.