Flags of formerly independent states

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This gallery contains the flags of states that were (at least de facto) independent in the past. The independence of many of these states has not been acknowledged, but the flags had been used as their state/national flags. Several of these flags are currently used, either by secessionist movements or officially by regional authorities. The list also contains flags of states that have been dissolved in to smaller states.

Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 3 Australia/Oceania 4 Europe 5 America 6 See also

[edit] Africa

Flag of Anjouan (de facto independent 1997-2002)	Flag of Biafra (de facto independent 1967-1970)	Flag of Bophutatswana (independent 1977-1994; recognized by South Africa)	Flag of Cabinda (de facto independent 1975-1976; current flags of independence movement FLEC are different)
Flag of Ciskei (independent 1981-1994; recognized by South Africa)	Flag of Katanga (de facto independent 1960-1963)	Flag of the Lado Kingdom (independent 864-1871)	Flag of Moheli (de facto independent 1997; current local flag is different)
Flag of the Orange Free State (Independent 1854-1900)	Flag of Rhodesia (independent 1965-1979)	Flag of the Republic of the Rif (de facto independent 1921-1926)	Flag of Somaliland (independent for 5 days in 1960, before unifying with Italian Somalia to form Somalia)
Flag of South Kasai (de facto independent 1960-1962)	Flag of Transkei (independent 1976-1994; recognized by South Africa)	Flag of Venda (independent 1979-1994; recognized by South Africa)

[edit] Asia

Flag of First East Turkestan Republic (de facto independent about 1932-1934)	Flag of Hunza (independent -1892; nominally 1892-1947)	Flag of the Republic of Mahabad (de facto independent 1946; flag currently used by Kurds all over the world)	Flag of Manchukuo (nominally independent 1932-1945)
Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (independent 1918-1962)	Last Flag of North Yemen (independent 1962-1990)	Flag of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (independent 1429-1609; vassal of Satsuma 1609; annexed to Japan 1879)	Flag of South Moluccas (de facto independent 1950)
Flag of South Vietnam (independent 1954-1975)	Flag of Republic of South Vietnam (independent 1975-1976)	Flag of South Yemen (independent 1967-1990)	Flag of Suvadiva (de facto independent 1959-1963)
Flag of Tibet (de facto independent 1912-1950, flag still used by the government-in-exile)

[edit] Australia/Oceania

Flag of Bougainville (de facto independent 1988-1997; also used as current provincial flag)

Flag of Easter Island (de facto independent until 1888; also used as current provincial flag)

[edit] Europe

Flag of the Alsace (independent 1262-1648, then Reichsland from 1871 to 1918)	Flag of the Belarusan Democratic Republic (independent 1918)	Flag of Brittany (independent 843-1532, flag created in 1925 from original emblems)	Flag of the Byzantine Empire (Middle Ages)
Flag of Corsica (independent 1753-1769)	Flag of East Germany (independent 1949-1990)	Last Flag of Czechoslovakia (independent 1918-1992), currently used by the Czech Republic	Flag of the Free City of Danzig (1920-1939)
Flag of England (independent until 1707)	Flag of Free State of Fiume (independent 1920-1924)	Flag of Patriarch State of Friuli (independent 1077-1420)	Flag of Galician Soviet Socialist Republic (independent 1920)
Flag of Most Serene Republic of Genoa (independent 1580-1814, with interruptions)	Flag of Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (independent 1991-1994)	Flag of Idel-Ural State (independent 1917-1918)	Flag of the Kalmar Union (reconstruction) (1397-1523)
Flag of Soviet Republic of Naissaar (independent 1918)	Last Flag of Kingdom of Sardinia (independent 1720-1861)	Flag of Scotland (independent until 1707)	Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (independent 2003-2006)
Flag of Republic of Serbian Krajina (independent 1991-1995)	Flag of Grand Duchy of Tuscany (independent 1569-1807 and 1814-1859)	Flag of Most Serene Republic of Venice (independent 9th century-1797)	Flag of West Ukrainian People's Republic (independent 1918-1919, currently national flag of Ukraine)
Flag of Wales (independent 1056-1282)	Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (independent 1943-1992)	Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (independent 1992-2003)

[edit] America

Flag of the California Republic (independent 1846, currently flag of State of California)	Flag of the Confederate States of America (independent 1861–1865, third of three versions)	Flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii (independent 1810–1893) and the Republic of Hawaii (independent 1894–1898), currently flag of State of Hawaii	Flag of Newfoundland (independent 1907–1949)
First Flag of the Republic of Texas (independent 1836–1845; flag flown from 1836–1839)	Second Flag of the Republic of Texas (independent 1836–1845; flag flown from 1839–1845; currently flag of State of Texas)	Flag of the Vermont Republic (independent 1777–1791)	Flag of the Republic of West Florida (independent 1810)

[edit] See also

• Flags of unrecognized states
• Flags of dependent territories
• Flags of subnational entities
• Flags of ethnic groups
• Flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements

Lists of flags

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By region of the world	Africa • North America • South America • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • Oceania