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- Capital
- Tbilisi
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 2004
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Georgia
Colors and meaning
White #FFFFFF
Purity, innocence and wisdom, echoing medieval Georgian royal banners
Red #FF0000
Historic bravery and the Five Crosses design of the medieval Kingdom of Georgia
Symbolism and history
A central red St. George's cross reaches a white field's edges, with four smaller red Bolnur-Katskhuri crosses in each quadrant, revived in 2004 after the Rose Revolution specifically to reconnect with medieval Georgian royal heraldry.
No documented visual overlap
Georgia’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 Georgia on Wikipedia