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English: flag of the United Kingdom.

Maltese: Bandira ta l-Ingriterra

Deutsch: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreichs.
Português: Bandeira do Reino Unido.
Français : Drapeau du Royaume-Uni.
Italiano: Bandiera del Regno Unito.
Nederlands: Vlag van het Verenigd Koninkrijk
Русский: Флаг Великобритании.
Slovenščina: državna zastava Združenega kraljestva
Español: La bandera del Reino Unido.
עברית: דגל הממלכה המאוחדת
한국어: ko:영국의 국기
日本語: ja:イギリスの国旗
Suomi: fi:Union Jack, Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan lippu.
Description

This flag is commonly known as the Union Flag or, with some controversy, Union Jack. Its current design dates from the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.
Source

self
Date

1801
Author

Zscout370
Permission
(Reusing this image)

PD-self

See also Image:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg for a 3:5 ratio version (which is exclusively used by the British Army).

It is easy to put a border around this flag: 
[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|border|100px]]

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File history

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current09:51, 3 September 20071,200×600 (1 KB)ButterStick (Correct SVG 1.1)
14:53, 11 July 20071,200×600 (1 KB)Whhalbert (Reverted to earlier revision)
14:40, 11 July 20071,200×600 (1 KB)Nickshanks (I told you the ID cannot have spaces in, don't you listen?)
13:22, 19 June 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Stefan-Xp (Used Areas instead of Lines)
04:21, 11 May 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Dbenbenn (Reverted to earlier revision)
14:12, 10 May 20061,200×600 (915 B)Nickshanks (Pumbaa80's latest flag, with extraneous bytes removed and the id amended (no spaces allowed in IDs).)
12:39, 3 May 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Pumbaa80 (Reverted to earlier revision)
23:52, 30 April 20061,200×600 (985 B)Dbenbenn (Simpler SVG code, based on Pumbaa's second exact flag. The clipPath isn't necessary, and most shapes can fit exactly in the flag rectangle. Also, use a correct DOCTYPE declaration for valid SVG.)
23:10, 30 April 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Pumbaa80 (Source code slightly improved.)
21:54, 30 April 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Pumbaa80 (exact version)
18:02, 30 April 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Dbenbenn (More accurate rotation angle. Also, simplify SVG code slightly.)
00:40, 30 April 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Jacobolus (ok, not messed up now. uses rotated rects not complex polygons)
23:53, 29 April 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Jacobolus (rv for now. minor screwup)
23:51, 29 April 20061,200×600 (1 KB)Jacobolus (new version which uses rotated rects not complicated polygons)
03:40, 12 February 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Dbenbenn (Reverted to earlier revision)
04:48, 6 February 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Greentubing (Reverted to earlier revision)
17:12, 5 February 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Squerciele (Modified by Squerciele, according to data from [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb.html fotw] and [http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/blcpflagsrwb.htm here].)
02:03, 2 February 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Dbenbenn (Here's a version for use on blue ensigns. The image is exactly the same, but the SVG code has been redone to work around bugs in rsvg. (See talk page for more info.) By me, PD)
15:56, 30 January 20061,500×750 (1 KB)David Newton (Reverted to earlier revision)
00:13, 30 January 2006600×300 (897 B)Greentubing (Reverted to earlier revision)
00:01, 30 January 2006600×300 (913 B)Greentubing (Alpha set to 255)
00:08, 28 January 2006600×300 (897 B)-xfi- (smaller and well aranged version)
10:41, 17 January 20061,500×750 (1 KB)Dbenbenn (rewrite, accurate to 42 decimal places. Colors are the same. By me, PD)
17:43, 14 January 2006600×300 (1 KB)Nickshanks (Could probably make it smaller still by using rects instead of paths for the england crosses.)
17:17, 14 January 2006600×300 (2 KB)Nickshanks (Hand‐compressed further still.)
18:30, 30 September 2005600×300 (4 KB)Zscout370 (The Union Jack drawn in SVG. )
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