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No. 165 / 195 Flag of Sri Lanka

Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo
Continent: Asia
Flag adopted: 1951
Designer: Not individually credited

Sri Lanka

Colors and meaning

Yellow #FFC726
Border of unity around all other elements, and Buddhist tradition
Maroon #EB0E27
The lion panel representing the Sinhalese majority
Green #00534E
The Muslim community
Saffron #EA7723
The Hindu Tamil community

Symbolism and history

A maroon panel bearing a sword-wielding lion, adapted from the flag of the last Kingdom of Kandy, sits beside green and saffron stripes added in 1951 specifically to represent the country's Muslim and Tamil minorities within a historically Sinhalese royal emblem.

No documented visual overlap

Sri Lanka’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 Sri Lanka on Wikipedia

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