In this blog post we have a superb guide created by one of our favourite Facebook pages called Civixplorer featuring 21 of the top black and white flags from around the world. Check out this design to learn about current and historic black and white flags including flags for countries, smaller areas and more.

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And here we have some larger pictures of the black and white flags in the guide for you to look at as well as a brief descriptions of the flags themselves or if not the places they came from courtesy of Wikipedia with links to where you can get more information.

Flag of Prussia (1892-1918)

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Prussia was a German state centred on the North European Plain. It originated from the 1525 secularisation act of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. (More info)

The Jolly Roger

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The Jolly Roger was the ensign flown by a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the latter part of the Golden Age of Piracy). (More info)

Flag of Afghanistan

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The national flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was adopted on 15 August 2021, with the Taliban's victory in the 2001–2021 war. It features a white field with a black Shahada inscribed. (More info)

Flag of the Tokugawa shogunate

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The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. (More info)

Flag of Brittany

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The flag of Brittany, a region in the north-west of France, is called the Gwenn-ha-du, which means white and black, in Breton. The flag was designed in 1923 by Morvan Marchal. (More info)

Flag of Lisbon

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The municipal flag of Lisbon, also known as the flag of Saint Vincent, is the municipal flag of Lisbon, consisting of a gyronny alternating between black and white defaced with the coat of arms of Lisbon in the centre. (More info)

Flag of Ceuta

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The flag of Ceuta is the flag of the Spanish city of Ceuta, consisting of a black and white gyronny with a central escutcheon displaying the municipal coat of arms. (More info)

Flag of Terengganu

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The flag and the coat of arms of Terengganu are state symbols of Terengganu, a state in Malaysia. A black flag with a white border charged with a white star and crescent in the centre. (More info)

Flag of Corsica

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The flag of Corsica or the Corsican flag, was adopted by General of the Nation Pasquale Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. (More info)

Flag of Ghent

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Ghent; historically known as Gaunt in English is a city and a municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. (More info)

Flag of Roeselare

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Roeselare is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. (More info)

Flag of Pahang

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The flag and the coat of arms of Pahang are state symbols of Pahang, Malaysia. The flag has two equally horizontal bands of white and black. (More info)

Flag of Metz

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Metz is a city in north-east France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. (More info)

Flag of Cornwall

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Saint Piran's Flag is the flag of Cornwall. The earliest known description of the flag, referred to as the Standard of Cornwall, was written in 1838. The flag has a white cross on a black background. (More info)

Flag of Delft

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Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the south-east, and The Hague, to the north-west. (More info)

Flag of Osnabrück

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Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. (More info)

Flag of Buenos Aires

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The flag of Buenos Aires is the official flag used by the different areas and dependencies of the Government of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The flag was adopted on the 24th of October 1995. (More info)

Flag of Canton of Fribourg

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The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg, is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. (More info)

Flag of Basel-Stadt

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Canton of Basel-Stadt or Basel-City is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as the capital. (More info)

Flag of Central Finland

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Central Finland is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, North Savo, and South Savo. (More info)

Flag of Ulm

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Ulm is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg and with around 130,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city. (More info)