Flag of Warsaw

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Flag of Warsaw
Flag of Warsaw.svg
Use Civil flag FIAV normal.svg
Proportion
  • 2:3 (unofficial; popularly used)
  • 5:8 (unofficial; popularly used)
Adopted1938
DesignHorizontal bicolour of yellow (top) and red (bottom)

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 began being used in 1938 without official status, and was officially adopted by the city, in 1991.

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Flag of Warsaw, with the proportions of 2:3. De facto flag of Gmina Warsaw-Bielany (1995-2002).svg
Flag of Warsaw, with the proportions of 2:3.

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. [1] [2] [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. [1] [2]

ColourPANTONE
Coated/
Uncoated
CMYKRALREPSOL GLASSFolia ASLANFolia ORACAL3M (seria 100)RGB
116 C0:17:90:01003361011913020100-25255:214:0
485 C0:95:100:03020167011921032100-368255:17:0

History

The yellow and red flag begun being used as the symbol of Warsaw in 1938, though without any official status. [4] [2] The flag was officially adopted as the city symbol in 1991. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Jacek Skorupski: Flagi w Warszawie ; In: Flaga. Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksykologicznego, vol. 12, p. 10, December 2000. Polskie Towarzystwo Weksykologiczne. ISSN 1509-2429.
  3. "Symbole m.st. Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
  4. 1 2 Jacek Skorupski: Polskie flagi samorządowe . In: Flaga. Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksykologicznego, vol. 7, p. 3, 2000. Polskie Towarzystwo Weksykologiczne.