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Myanmar Flag
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How to identify it
Yellow, green and red horizontal bands with a large five-pointed white star overlapping all three in the centre.
Design and construction
- Adoption and legal status
- Myanmar adopted the yellow-green-red flag under the Union Flag Law on 21 October 2010.
History of the design
It replaced the 1974 socialist-era flag and brought back colours associated with an earlier independence movement flag.
Sources
References for the design and any additional notes on this page.
- Myanmar: flag history and construction; Flags of the World (FOTW)