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Flag of Warsaw
UseCivil flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion
  • 2:3 (unofficial; popularly used)
  • 5:8 (unofficial; popularly used)
Adopted1938
DesignYellow and red horizontal stripes

The flag of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a bicolour rectangle, divided into two equally-sized horizontal stripes: yellow at the top, and red at the bottom. It was introduced in 1938.[1]

Design

The flag of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a bicolour rectangle, divided into two horizontal stripes of equal width, yellow at the top, and red at the bottom. The flag doesn't have specified proportions, though popularly used proportions include 2:3 and 5:8.[2][1][3]

Its colours had been adopted from the coat of arms of the city, which depicts a mermaid with golden (yellow) sword, shield and hair, on the red background, and with a golden (yellow) crown above the escutcheon.[2][1]

Colour PANTONE
Coated/
Uncoated 		CMYK RAL REPSOL GLASS Folia ASLAN Folia ORACAL 3M (seria 100) RGB
116 C 0:17:90:0 1003 3610 11913 020 100-25 255:214:0
485 C 0:95:100:0 3020 1670 11921 032 100-368 255:17:0

History

The yellow and red flag begun being used as the symbol of Warsaw in 1938, though without any official status.[4][1] The flag was officially adopted as the city symbol in 1991.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jacek Skorupski: Flagi w Warszawie; In: Flaga. Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksykologicznego, vol. 12, p. 10, December 2000. Polskie Towarzystwo Weksykologiczne. ISSN 1509-2429.
  2. ^ a b "Herb". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Symbole m.st. Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
  4. ^ a b Jacek Skorupski: Polskie flagi samorządowe. In: Flaga. Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksykologicznego, vol. 7, p. 3, 2000. Polskie Towarzystwo Weksykologiczne.
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