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- Capital
- Yerevan
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1990
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Armenia
Colors and meaning
Red #D90012
The Armenian highlands, and blood shed defending the faith and homeland
Blue #0033A0
Peaceful skies Armenians aspire to live under
Orange #F2A800
The courage and industriousness of the Armenian people
Symbolism and history
A plain red-blue-orange horizontal tricolor, restored in 1990 from the flag flown by the short-lived First Republic of Armenia in 1918-1920, deliberately reviving a pre-Soviet national symbol.
No documented visual overlap
Armenia’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Asia, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Armenia on Wikipedia