Variants Of The Sun in Flags
We just came across a cool guide in the vexillology category in Reddit which takes a look at some of the flags from around the World which depict the sun and thought that it was worth sharing:
Image from Reddit
Anyway here are some nice big pictures of the flags in the guide and some information about them courtesy of Wikipedia.
Rwanda Flag
The Rwanda flag has three colours: blue, yellow, and green, The light blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The yellow sun represents enlightenment. (More info)
North Macedonia Flag
The flag of North Macedonia is the national flag of the Republic of North Macedonia and depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field. It was created by Miroslav Grčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995. (More info)
Namibia Flag
A white-edged red diagonal band radiating from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle is blue, charged with a gold sun with 12 triangular rays and the lower triangle is green. (More info)
Nepal Flag
The national flag of Nepal consists of two juxtaposed triangular figures with a blue-coloured base and deep blue borders, there being a white emblem of the crescent moon with eight rays visible out of sixteen in the upper part and a white emblem of a twelve rayed sun in the lower part. (More info)
Kazakhstan Flag
The national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan has a gold sun with 32 rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle, both centered on a turquoise background; the hoist side displays a national ornamental pattern called "koshkar-muiz" (the horns of the ram) in gold. (More info)
Rising Sun Flag
The Rising Sun Flag is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the sun. (More info)
Kurdistan Flag
A red, white, and green tricolour, with a yellow 21 rayed sun in the centre (Kurdish Sun). (More info)
Niger Flag
The Flag of Niger has been the national flag of the Republic of the Niger since 1959, a year prior to its formal independence from French West Africa. It uses the national colours of orange, white and green, in equal horizontal bands, with an orange roundel in the centre. (More info)
Bangladesh Flag
The national flag of Bangladesh was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. It consists of a red disc or sun on top of a dark green banner. (More info)
