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Afghanistan

  • Current pattern (Black-Red-Green vertical bars) adopted between September 1928 and January 1929
  • 1929 - Black-Red-Green motif restored after period of disuse
  • circa 1973 - flag modified to eliminate Arabic numerals; replaced and in disuse as of 9 May 1974
  • Black-Red-Green motif restored December 1992 - in disuse during Taliban era
  • Black-Red-Green motif restored 4 January 2004

Åland Islands

  • Flag first hoisted - 3 April 1954
  • proportions standardized - 1992

Albania

  • Flag Adopted 1912 modeled on the flag of Iskander Bey
  • Flag changed with a redesigned double headed eagle - 1920
  • Kingdom of Albania approved a modified flag to include Skanderbeg's Helmet - 3 August 1929
  • New flag proposal submitted to King Zog - 5 August 1929
  • Kingdom of Albania flags formally adopted - 8 August 1929
  • Color of flag background changed - 1934
  • Flag changed by occupying Italian government - 13 April 1939
  • Italian occupying flag formalized in constitution - 3 June 1939
  • Royal decree (Italian) approving flag - 28 September 1939
  • Postwar flag adopted - 1944
  • Socialist star added to flag - 1946
  • 1920 flag readopted - 7 April 1992

Algeria

  • Flag adopted 3 July 1962 - originally a pre-revolutionary flag

American Samoa

  • Flag changed 27 April 1960

Andorra

  • Adopted 1866

Angola

  • Adopted 11 November 1975
  • 27 August 2003 - New flag adopted, not yet ratified

Anguilla

  • Adopted 30 May 1990; First hoisted 30 May 1990

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Adopted 27 February 1997

Armenia

  • Adopted 1918; disuse during Soviet era
  • Reconfirmed by Supreme Council 23 August 1990
  • Adopted by Supreme Council 24 August 1990

Aruba

  • Flag adopted 16 March 1976
  • Flag first hoisted - 18 March 1976
  • Official specifications published - 14 March 1977

Australia

  • First hoisted, 3 September 1901
  • 20 February 1903 - Flag approval announced by King Edward VII
  • Addition of seventh point to Commonwealth star announced 19 December 1908
  • flag confirmed in legislation - 14 April 1954

Austria

  • Legislated 27 April 1984, flag dates to 1230

Azerbaijan

  • Adopted 1918; disuse during Soviet era
  • Readopted, 5 February 1991

Bahamas

  • Flag adopted 10 July 1973

Bahrain

  • Serrated flag adopted 1933
  • Flag serrations modified 14 February 2002

Bangladesh

  • Adopted 13 January 1972

Barbados

  • Adopted 30 November 1996

Belarus

  • Flag adopted 7 June 1995

Belgium

  • Adopted 23 January 1831
  • Order of colors specified by Minister of Navy - 4 February 1831
  • Flag reconfirmed - 28 January 1936

Belize

  • Flag adopted 2 February 1950 from the design of People's Unity Party

Benin

  • Flag adopted 16 November 1959, in disuse 1975-1990
  • Flag readopted 1 August 1990

Bermuda

  • Flag adopted 4 October 1910

Bhutan

  • Flag adopted 1969

Bolivia

  • Flag adopted 31 October 1851
  • Flag reconfirmed 14 July 1888

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Adopted 4 February 1998

Botswana

  • Flag adopted 30 September 1996

Brazil

  • Adopted 19 November 1889
  • Star added to flag June 1960
  • Star added to flag 28 May 1968
  • Four stars added to flag 11 May 1992

British Indian Ocean Territory

  • Flag adopted 8 November 1990

British Virgin Islands

  • Flag adopted - 1956
  • Scroll added to flag - 15 November 1960
  • Size of badge modified - 1999

Brunei

  • Flag adopted 29 September 1959

Bulgaria

  • Flag adopted 16 April 1897
  • arms of People's Republic added to flag - 6 December 1947
  • 1897 flag readopted 17 December 1990

Burkino Faso

  • Flag adopted 4 August 1984

Burundi

  • Adopted 28 June 1967
  • Proportions changed 27 September 1982

Cambodia

  • Flag adopted 29 October 1948 (in disuse 1970-1993)
  • Flag readopted 21 September 1993

Cameroon

  • Flag adopted 20 May 1975

Canada

  • Flag adopted 22 October 1964
  • Flag proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II, 15 February 1965

Cape Verde

  • Flag adopted 22 September 1992

Cayman Islands

  • Flag adopted 14 May 1958
  • Badge modified on flag 1999

Central African Republic

  • Flag adopted 1 December 1958

Chad

  • Flag adopted 6 November 1959

Chile

  • Flag adopted 1 October 1949

China

  • Flag adopted 1 October 1949

Christmas Island

  • Flag unofficially adopted 14 April 1986
  • Official adoption of flag 26 January 2006

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • Flag adopted 2003 (unofficial)

Colombia

  • Flag adopted 26 November 1861 [first raised 12 March 1806]

Comoros

  • Flag prescribed in new constitution - 23 December 2001
  • New flag hoisted - 31 December 2001

Congo

  • Flag adopted 18 August 1958, in disuse 1969-1991
  • Flag readopted 10 October 1991

Congo, Democratic Republic of

  • Flag adopted 17 May 1997
  • Constitutional referendum (18-19 Dec. 2005) passed - planned return to flag of 1963-66 (implementation date unknown)
  • New symbols and arms legislated 16 February 2006
  • New flag of D.R. Congo first hoisted - 4 March 2006

Cook Islands

  • Flag adopted 4 August 1979

Costa Rica

  • Flag adopted 1848
  • Change to number of stars - 12 October 1964

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Flag adopted 4 December 1959

Croatia

  • Flag adopted 21 December 1990

Cuba

  • Flag adopted 20 May 1902, from a revolutionary flag dating from 1850

Cyprus

  • Flag adopted 16 August 1960

Czech Republic

  • Flag adopted 1993, using the former flag of Czechoslovakia, originated on 30 March 1920

Denmark

  • Flag adopted 1625
  • Specifications on dimensions specified - 1748
  • Proportions set - 1 May 1893

Djibouti

  • Flag adopted 27 June 1977

Dominica

  • Flag adopted 3 November 1978
  • Modifications to disk - 3 November 1981
  • Fimbriations eliminated around stars 3 November 1990

Dominican Republic

  • Flag adopted 6 November 1844

East Timor

  • Self-proclaimed independence flag 1975
  • Flag confirmed and colors redefined in constitution 22 March 2002
  • First hoisting 20 May 2002

Ecuador

  • Flag adopted 26 September 1860

Egypt

  • Flag adopted 4 October 1984

El Salvador

  • Flag adopted 1822
  • Minor modifications to flag - 1841
  • Flag replaced 28 April 1865
  • 1821 flag reinstated - 17 May 1912
  • Flag reaffirmed in legislation - 14 September 1972

Equatorial Guinea

  • Flag adopted 21 August 1979

Eritrea

  • Flag adopted 5 December 1995

Estonia

  • Flag adopted 24 February 1918, in disuse during Soviet era
  • Flag reinstated 7 August 1990

Ethiopia

  • Flag adopted 6 February 1996

Faroe Islands

  • Flag recognized by Denmark - 1948
  • Change of shade of blue - 5 June 1959
  • Blue color standardized - 29 December 1998

Federated States of Micronesia


Finland

  • Flag adopted 29 May 1918
  • Colors slightly modified - 12 February 1920
  • Colors standardized - 26 May 1978

France

  • Flag adopted 15 February 1794
  • Colors standardized 1804
  • Colors standardized 1812

French Polynesia

  • Flag adopted 23 November 1984
  • Flag use regulated 12 April 1996 (autonomous region flag)

Gabon

  • Flag adopted 09 August 1960

Gambia

  • Flag adopted and hoisted 18 February 1965

Georgia

  • Flag adopted 14 January 2004

Germany

  • Flag adopted 9 May 1949

Ghana

  • Flag adopted 6 March 1957, in disuse 1964-66
  • Flag readopted 28 February 1966

Greece

  • Flag adopted 1832
  • Colors standardized 22 December 1978

Greenland

  • Flag adopted 21 June 1985

Grenada

  • Flag adopted 7 February 1974

Guam

  • Flag adopted 4 July 1917
  • Flag accepted by Guam congress 9 February 1948
  • Red border added around flag 1960

Guatemala

  • Flag adopted 12 August 1871
  • Flag colors and size standardized 12 September 1968
  • Colors standardized 26 September 1997

Guinea

  • Flag adopted 10 November 1958

Guinea Bissau

  • Flag adopted 24 September 1973

Guyana

  • Flag adopted 26 May 1966

Haiti

  • Flag current pattern adopted 1843
  • flag reconfirmed - 1849
  • arms on flag changed - 1859
  • circa 1860 - blue-red bicolor in use
  • flag dimensions specified 18 September 1949
  • new constitution changes flag - 25 June 1964, in disuse until 1987
  • Flag restored 17 February 1986
  • Cap of Liberty restored to flag in constitution dated 10 March 1987
  • Constitution officially ratified 29 March 1987

Honduras

  • Flag adopted 9 January 1866

Hong Kong

  • Flag adopted (pre-transfer) - 16 February 1990
  • Approval of flag by Hong Kong SAR preparatory committee 10 August 1996
  • Flag officially hoisted 1 July 1997

Hungary

  • Flag adopted during the 1848-49 uprising
  • First law about flag in Constitution - 1848
  • Flag in disuse during Austrian period 1849-1867
  • Flag restored 1867
  • Flag replaced by Hungarian Soviet Republic flag
  • Flag restored circa 31 July 1919
  • Ráskosi arms on flag - 1949-1956
  • Constitution modified regarding flag - 1949
  • Basic flag restored 1957
  • Flag legislated regarding use - 1995
  • Ratio set for flag and pole sizes 2000
  • Decree specifies flag sizes for governmental use - 14 July 2000

Iceland

  • Flag approved by royal decree 19 June 1915 for Marine purposes
  • Flag approved for national use 30 November 1918
  • Change in the specification for the blue color 17 June 1944

India

  • Flag adopted 22 July 1947
  • New law regarding respect for the national flag - 12 December 2005

Indonesia

  • Flag hoisted 17 August 1945

Iran

  • Flag adopted 29 July 1980

Iraq

  • Flag adopted 31 July 1963
  • Takbir added to flag 13 January 1963
  • Flag modified 28 June 2004

Ireland

  • Use confirmed 29 December 1937

Israel

  • Flag adopted 28 October 1948

Italy

  • Flag adopted 19 June 1946 (originally the flag of the Cisalpine Republic
  • Official date of flag use - 1 January 1948
  • Colors standardized 18 September 2002

Jamaica

  • Flag adopted 6 August 1962

Japan

  • Flag adopted 13 August 1999 (in use since 17th century)

Jordan

  • Flag adopted 16 April 1928

Kazakhstan

  • Flag adopted 4 June 1992

Kenya

  • Flag adopted 12 December 1963

Kiribati

  • Flag adopted 12 July 1979

Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of

  • Flag adopted 8 September 1948

Korea, Republic of

  • Defacto use of the flag, 1950 (from older flag)
  • Flag adopted 25 January 1950
  • Change to ying-yang symbols on flag, 21 February 1984

Kuwait

  • Flag adopted 7 September 1961
  • Flag first hoisted, 24 November 1961

Kyrgyzstan

  • Flag Adopted 3 March 1992

Laos

  • Flag adopted 2 December 1975

Latvia

  • Adopted 18 November 1918 (flag dates from 1279, in disuse during Soviet era)
  • Flag readopted 27 February 1990

Lebanon

  • Flag adopted 7 December 1943

Lesotho

  • Flag adopted 20 January 1987
  • New flag adopted 27 September 2006 (National Flag Act)
  • New flag hoisted - 3 October 2006

Liberia

  • Flag created 26 July 1847
  • First hoisted 24 August 1847

Libya

  • Flag adopted 19 November 1977

Liechtenstein

  • Flag adopted 24 June 1937 (crown added to older version)
  • Crown modified 3 June 1957
  • Crown modified 30 June 1982

Lithuania

  • Flag adopted 1918 (in disuse during Soviet era)
  • Readopted, 20 March 1989
  • Proportions changed 1 September 2004

Luxembourg

  • Flag adopted 23 June 1972 (first hoisted circa 1845-1848)
  • Adoption official on 16 August 1972

Macao

  • Flag adopted 31 March 1993
  • Officially hoisted at transfer 19 November 1999

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of

  • Flag approved 5 October 1995

Madagascar

  • Flag adopted 21 October 1958

Malawi

  • Flag adopted 6 July 1964

Malaysia

  • Flag adopted 16 September 1963

Maldives

  • Flag adopted 25 July 1965

Mali

  • Flag approved 1 March 1961

Malta

  • Flag adopted 21 September 1964

Marshall Islands

  • Flag adopted 12 June 1979
  • Flag approved by High Commissioner 22 June 1979

Mauritania

  • Flag adopted 1 April 1959

Mauritius

  • Flag adopted 9 January 1968

Mexico

  • Flag adopted 7 October 1821
  • Flag modified by Republican government 14 April 1823
  • Arms on flag modified 18 June 1864
  • Arms on flag modified 20 December 1880 by proclamation
  • Flag decreed in December 1880 becomes effective 1 January 1881
  • New emblem placed on flag 1 January 1889
  • New representation of arms on flag 15 September 1917
  • New emblem placed on flag 5 February 1934
  • Flag revised 17 September 1968
  • Flag reconfirmed 8 February 1984
  • recodification of flag law in revised decrees on national symbols - 8 December 2005

Moldova

  • Flag adopted 27 April 1990

Monaco

  • Flag adopted 4 April 1881

Mongolia

  • Flag adopted 1940 (socialist version)
  • Socialist star removed 12 February 1992

Montenegro

  • Flag adopted 12 July 2004
  • Flag first hoisted 15 July 2004

Montserrat

  • Flag adopted 10 April 1909
  • Badge modified on flag 25 January 1999

Morocco

  • French protectorate of Morocco flag officialized - 17 November 1915
  • Flag adopted by decree - 1956
  • Flag described in constitution - 10 March 1974
  • Flag described in constitution - 4 September 1992

Mozambique

  • Flag adopted 1 May 1983

Myanmar

  • Flag adopted 3 January 1974

Namibia

  • Flag adopted 21 March 1990

Nauru

  • Flag adopted 21 January 1968

Nepal

  • First Nepali flag adopted 1928
  • Emblems on flag streamlined 16 December 1962

Netherland Antilles

  • Adopted 1 January 1986

Netherlands

  • First use of the flag - 1581
  • 1630-1660 - orange stripe becomes red
  • Colors regulated by royal decree and official adoption of flag - 19 February 1937
  • Colors defined - 1958

New Zealand

  • 23 October 1869 - Flag proclaimed as colonial ensign
  • Flag legislated as National flag - 12 June 1902

Nicaragua

  • Flag adopted 4 September 1908
  • Specifications on size and shade of blue issued 23 August 1971

Niger

  • Flag adopted 23 November 1959
  • Flag specified in constitution, 22 May 1995
  • Flag recodified in constitution, 9 August 1999

Nigeria

  • Flag selected (pre-independence) 1959
  • Flag officially adopted 1 October 1960

Niue

  • Flag adopted 15 October 1975

Norfolk Island

  • Flag selected 6 June 1979 (unofficial)
  • 1980 - Official approval by Australian Governor-General and Queen Elizabeth II
  • Flag adopted 1 January 1980
  • Flag official 17 January 1980

Northern Mariana Islands

  • Adopted as a district flag 31 March 1972
  • Adopted as territorial flag 4 July 1976
  • Design modified 1985
  • Modified 1991

Norway

  • Flag adopted - July 21, 1821 (unofficial)
  • Flag legislated on 10 December 1898
  • Flag legislation published 15 December 2 1898
  • legislation becomes effective 15 December 1899

Oman

  • Flag adopted 17 December 1970
  • Change in width of stripes and proportions 18 October 1995

Pakistan

  • Flag adopted 14 August 1947

Palau

  • Flag adopted 1 January 1981

Panama

  • Flag first hoisted 20 December 1903
  • Provisionally approved 1904
  • Flag officially approved 1925
  • Flag ratified 28 March 1941

Papua New Guinea

  • Flag adopted 1 July 1971 (pre-independence)

Paraguay

  • First Paraguayan tribar adopted 15 August 1812
  • Flag with arms in center codified 25 November 1842
  • ratio changed 1988
  • Apparent change to flag circa 1991

Peru

  • Flag adopted 1825
  • Civil flag confirmed 31 March 1950

Philippines

  • Flag adopted 19 May 1898 (use prohibited until 1919)
  • Flag sanction lifted by US - 30 October 1919
  • Specifications issued 25 March 1936

Pitcairn

  • Flag approved by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 April 1984 (based on 1980 design)
  • First hoisted May 1984

Poland

  • flag constituted by Polish parliament 1831 following November uprising (modeled on the flag of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw)
  • 1863 - 1831 flag with arms used during Polish revolt
  • 1831 flag used as the flag of the Second Republic - 1 August 1919
  • 1980 - Minor modification to flag (People's Republic of Poland)
  • New law on the Polish flag - 9 February 1990
  • Effective date of legislation - 22 February 1990

Portugal

  • Flag adopted 30 June 1911

Puerto Rico

  • Flag adopted 22 December 1895 (use forbidden until 1952)
  • Flag adopted for use by Commonwealth 1952
  • Colors standardized - 1995

Qatar

  • Flag adopted 9 July 1971

Romania

  • Flag first authorized by Ottoman sultan 1834
  • Horizontal version of the flag adopted 1859
  • Vertical version of the flag adopted 1866
  • Arms of People's Republic of Romania added to flag 1948
  • New arms of People's Republic of Romania added to flag 1952
  • New arms of People's Republic of Romania added to flag 21 August 1965
  • Arms removed from flag 27 December 1989
  • Flag established in Romanian constitution 21 November 1991
  • Effective date of Romanian Constitution 8 December 1991

Russia

  • 1693 - First use as a naval ensign
  • Adopted as Merchant ensign 20 January 1705 (disuse during Soviet era)
  • Adopted as Civil ensign 7 May 1883 (disuse during Soviet era)
  • Officially adopted as state flag 21 August 1991
  • Reuse following dissolution of Soviet Union - 26 December 1991

Rwanda

  • Flag adopted 25 October 2001

Saint Helena

  • Flag adopted 4 October 1984

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Flag adopted 19 September 1983

Saint Lucia

  • Flag adopted 22 February 1979 (in use since 1 March 1967)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Flag adopted 21 October 1985

Samoa

  • Flag adopted 24 February 1949

San Marino

  • Flag adopted 6 April 1862

São Tomé and Principe

  • Flag adopted 5 November 1975

Saudi Arabia

  • Flag adopted 15 March 1973

Senegal

  • Flag adopted 20 June 1960

Serbia

  • Flag adopted 17 August 2004

Seychelles

  • Flag legislated 8 January 1996
  • Effective date of legislation 17 June 1996

Sierra Leone

  • Flag adopted 27 April 1961

Singapore

  • Flag adopted 3 December 1959

Slovakia

  • Flag adopted 1 September 1992
  • First hoisted 3 September 1992
  • Specifications issued 18 February 1993

Slovenia

  • Flag adopted 27 June 1991

Solomon Islands

  • Flag adopted 18 November 1977

Somalia

  • Flag adopted 12 October 1954

South Africa

  • Flag design selected 15 March 1994
  • Specification issued 18 March 1994
  • Flag proclamation issued in government gazette

South Africa

  • Flag first hoisted 27 April 1994
  • Flag adopted in Constitution

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • Coat of arms introduced 14 February 1992

Spain

  • Flag adopted 19 December 1981

Sri Lanka

  • Flag adopted 7 September 1978, incorporating thee flag of Kandy, dating back to 1815, and national flag of 1948
  • Flag legislated in constitution 8 February 2000

Sudan

  • Flag adopted 20 May 1970

Suriname

  • Flag adopted 25 November 1975

Swaziland

  • Flag adopted 6 October 1968

Sweden

  • First use as a battle flag - 1569
  • Use as a naval flag 1620s
  • 1663 - warrant on use of flags at sea
  • Officially readopted 22 June 1906

Switzerland

  • Flag adopted 12 December 1889, although some forms were in use unoffically since the 15th century

Syria

  • Flag of United Arab Republic (Syria and Egypt) adopted 22 February 1958
  • United Arab Republic dissolved 28 September 1961, flag in disuse
  • Reverted to original pattern with three green stars 1963 (following coup d'état
  • Federation of Arab Republics formed, stars replaced by golden Quraish eagle
  • previous flag readopted 1980

Taiwan

  • Flag adopted as naval ensign - 1914
  • Naval ensign adopted as national flag - 8 October 1928

Tajikistan

  • Flag adopted 25 November 1992

Tanzania

  • Flag adopted 30 June 1964

Thailand

  • Flag adopted 28 September 1917

Togo

  • Flag adopted 11 April 1960

Tonga

  • Flag adopted 4 November 1875

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Flag adopted 1962

Tristan da Cunha

  • Flag adopted 20 October 2002

Tunisia

  • Flag adopted 1835
  • flag legislated 1 June 1959

Turkey

  • flag in use since 1844 (ref: Ottoman Empire)
  • Flag adopted 5 June 1936

Turkmenistan

  • Flag adopted 1992
  • Olive branch added to flag 29 January 1997
  • design modified 24 January 2001

Turks and Caicos

  • Flag adopted 7 November 1968
  • Badge modified in 1999

Tuvalu

  • Flag adopted at independence 1 October 1978
  • Flag changed to add additional star - 1 October 1995
  • Flag changed in December 1995 and original pattern goes into disuse
  • reverted to 1977 flag 11 April 1997
  • flag legislated 17 April 1997

Uganda

  • Flag adopted 9 October 1962

Ukraine

  • Flag adopted 28 January 1992
  • use reconfirmed 3 September 1998

United Arab Emirates

  • Adopted 21 December 1971

United Kingdom

  • Flag adopted 1 January 1801 adding "St. Patrick's Cross" to the flag of the United Kingdom of England and Scotland

United States

  • Flag adopted 14 June 1777
  • Two stars and two stripes added to flag in 1795
  • Five stars added and number of stripes returned to 13 - 4 April 1818
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1819
  • Two stars added to flag 4 July 1820
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1822
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1836
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1836
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1845
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1846
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1847
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1848
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1851
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1858
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1859
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1861
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1863
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1865
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1867
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1877
  • Five stars added to flag 4 July 1890
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1891
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1896
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1908
  • Two stars added to flag 4 July 1912
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1959
  • One star added to flag 4 July 1960

Uruguay

  • Flag adopted 11 July 1830

Uzbekistan

  • Flag adopted 18 November 1991

Vanuatu

  • Flag adopted 18 February 1980

Vatican City (Holy See)

  • Flag adopted 8 June 1929 (based on Catholic Church flag of 1825)

Venezuela

  • First hoisting of Venezuelan flag 14 July 1811
  • Flag adopted as official flag 15 July 1811
  • Flag pattern adopted 9 July 1863 with seven stars
  • Minor modification 1867
  • Minor modification adding coat of arms to the flag - 28 March 1905
  • Star pattern redesigned 1930
  • Flag adopted 15 July 1930
  • Venezuelan flag law passed 1954 regulating flag
  • Codification of flag 19 February 1954 ????
  • Law changing flag and arms passed 9 March 2006
  • Publication of law and arms legislation 10 March 2006
  • New 8-star national flag first hoisted 12 March 2006

Vietnam

  • Flag adopted 30 November 1955

Virgin Islands

  • Flag adopted 17 May 1921

Western Sahara

  • Flag adopted 27 February 1976

Yemen

  • Flag adopted 20 May 1990

Zambia

  • Flag adopted 24 October 1964
  • Flag specifications changed 1996

Zimbabwe

  • Flag adopted 18 April 1980