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.
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Main article: Flags of Argentine provinces |
Some Armenian provinces are known to have no flag, including Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, and Kotayk Provinces.
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Main article: List of Australian flags § States and territories |
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Main article: Flags of Belarusian voblasts |
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Main article: Flags of Belgian regions, communities and provinces |
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Main articles: Flags of Bosnian and Herzegovinian entities and Flags of Bosnian and Herzegovinan cantons of the Federation |
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Main article: Flags of Brazilian states |
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Main article: Flags of Canadian provinces |
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Main article: Flags of Canadian territories |
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Main articles: Flags of Chilean regions and Flags of unofficial regional flags |
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Main article: Flags of Colombian departments |
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Main article: List of Costa Rican flags § Provinces |
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Main article: Flags of Croatian counties |
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Main article: List of Danish flags |
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Main article: List_of_Ecuadorian_flags § Provincial_flags |
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Main article: Flags of Egyptian governorates |
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Every county in Estonia has its own flag, either officially through adoption or through custom and usage. The flags of the 15 counties of Estonia are all white and green, with the coat of arms of the respective county on the white part. This design was first established in 1938.
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Main article: Flags of Estonian counties |
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Main article: Flags of Ethiopian regions |
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Main article: Flags of Finnish regions |
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Main article: Flags of the regions of France |
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Main article: Flags of Georgian regions |
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Main article: Flags of German states |
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Main article: Flags of Greek regions and municipalities |
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Main article: Flags of Hungarian counties |
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Main article: Flags of Indian states |
Many Indonesian provincial flags feature their coat of arms on a flag, incorporating elements from the coat of arms, itself based on the flags of the regencies and cities, into their designs.
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Main article: Flags of Indonesian provinces |
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Main article: List of Iraqi subnational flags |
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Main articles: Flags of Irish provinces and Irish county colours |
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Main article: Flags of Israeli municipalities |
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Main article: Flags of regions of Italy |
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Main article: List of flags from Japanese subregions |
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Main article: Flags of Kazakh administrative divisions |
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Main article: Flags of Kenyan counties |
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Main articles: List of flags of Kosovo and commons:Flags of municipalities of Kosovo |
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Main article: commons:Flags of administrative divisions of South Korea |
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Main article: List of Kyrgyz regional flags |
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Main article: commons:Flags of municipalities of Latvia |
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Main article: Flags of Liberian counties |
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Main article: Flags of Lithuanian counties |
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Main article: Flags of Malaysian states |
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Main article: List of flags of Maltese local councils |
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Main article: List of Mauritian subnational flags |
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Main article: State flags of Mexico |
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Main article: State flags of Micronesia |
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Main article: Flags of Mongolian administrative divisions |
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Main article: commons:Flags of municipalities of Montenegro |
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Main article: List of Moroccan regional flags |
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Main article: Flags of Burmese administrative divisions |
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Main articles: Flags of Dutch constituent countries, Flags of Dutch provinces, Flags of Dutch special municipalities, and Flags of Dutch regions without administrative status |
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Main article: List_of_New_Zealand_flags § Associated_states_and_territories |
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Main article: Flags of Nigerian states |
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Main article: Flags of North Macedonian municipalities |
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Main article: Flags of Norwegian subdivisions |
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Main article: Flags of Pakistani provinces & territories |
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Main article: Flags of Palauan states |
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Main article: List of Papua New Guinean provincial flags |
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Main article: List of Peruvian subnational flags |
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Main article: Flags of Filipino provinces |
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Main article: Flags of Polish voivodeships |
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Main article: List_of_Portuguese_flags § Autonomous_Regions |
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Main article: commons:Flags of municipalities in Puerto Rico |
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Main article: List of flags of Romanian subdivision flags |
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Main article: Flags of Russian federal subjects |
Sanmarinese municipal flags, such as those of Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, and Chiesanuova, feature design cues taken from the flag of San Marino. On the right is the municipality's name and coat of arms.
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Main article: commons:Flags of municipalities of Serbia |
All eight regions have flags.
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Main article: commons:Flags of municipalities of Slovenia |
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Main article: Subnational flags of Somalia |
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Main article: Flags of South African provinces |
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Main article: Flags of South Sudanese state flags |
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Main articles: Flags of the autonomous communities of Spain and List of provincial flags of Spain |
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Main article: Flags of Sri Lankan provinces |
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Main article: Flags of Swedish regions |
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Main article: Flags of Swiss cantons |
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Main article: Flags of Taiwanese political divisions |
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Main article: Flags of Thai provinces |
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Main article: Flags of the regions of Ukraine |
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Main article: Flags of the emirates |
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Main articles: Flags of Crown Dependencies, Flags of British Overseas Territories, and Flags of Islands |
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Main article: Flags of Scottish traditional counties, regions and cities |
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Main article: Flags of Welsh regions, counties and cities |
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Main article: Flags of administrative divisions in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
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Main article: Flags_of_the_U.S._states_and_territories |
Each department in Uruguay has its own flag (with the exception of Tacuarembo Department).
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Main article: Flag of Uzbek autonomous republic |
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Main article: Flags of Venezuelan states, dependencies and districts |
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Main article: Flags of regions in Yemen |
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Main article: List of Crown land flags and flags of other subdivisions in Austria-Hungary |
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Main article: State flags of the Confederate States of America |
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Main article: Flags of the Nguyễn dynasty's administrative units |
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Main article: Flags of the Soviet Republics |
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Main article: Flags of the Yugoslav Republics |
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