List of Cambodian flags
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Royal Standard
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a dark blue flag, with the Royal Arms of Cambodia Royal Arms of Cambodia The royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Cambodia is the symbol of the Cambodian monarchy. They have existed in some form close to the one depicted since the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Cambodia in 1953... in gold |
Royal and Personal Standard of the King |
National
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a red flag with 2 blue bands above and bottom, with a white Angkor Wat in the center. | National Flag, Civil Ensign, Provincial Flag of all Provinces and Municipality flag of Phnom Penh. |
Historical and National
| Flag | |Adopted | present flag Flag of Cambodia The national flag of Cambodia was readopted in 1993, after elections returned the monarchy to rule.-Brief history:Since around 1850, the Cambodian flag has featured a depiction of Angkor Wat in the center. The current flag, with a blue border and red central was adopted following Cambodia's... , but instead of 2 blue bands above and bottom, it was a dark blue banner and a small red banner inside. | 1863- March 1945, October 1945-1948 | Colonial Cambodia Colonial Cambodia In 1863, Cambodia under king Norodom became a protectorate of France. In October 1887, the French announced the formation of the Union Indochinoise , which at that time comprised Cambodia, already an autonomous French possession, and the three regions of Vietnam... |
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a yellow banner with the French Tricolour in the union canton. | 1887-1954 | French Indochina French Indochina French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887.... |
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a red flag with white-outlined square followed by 4 small full white squares in each angle and another in the center | March - October 1945 | Japanese occupation of Cambodia Japanese occupation of Cambodia The Japanese occupation of Cambodia was the period of Cambodian history during World War II when the Empire of Japan established its authority over Cambodia.... |
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a red flag with 2 blue bands above and bottom, with a white Angkor Wat in the center. | 1948–1970, 1993–present | Kingdom of Cambodia (1953-1970) | |
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a blue flag with three white stars near a red union canton which consist of the image of the Angkor Wat Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,... . |
1970–1975 | Khmer Republic Khmer Republic The Khmer Republic or République Khmère, was the republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on October 9, 1970. The Khmer Republic was disestablished in 1975 and was followed by the totalitarian communist state known as Democratic Kampuchea.-Background:Formally declared on October... |
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a red flag with a yellow Angkor Wat Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,... |
1975-1979 | Democratic Kampuchea Democratic Kampuchea The Khmer Rouge period refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Khmer Rouge Communist party over Cambodia, which the Khmer Rouge renamed as Democratic Kampuchea.... |
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a red flag with a yellow Angkor Wat Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,... |
1979-1989 | People's Republic of Kampuchea People's Republic of Kampuchea The People's Republic of Kampuchea , , was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government... |
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a half red and blue flag with a yellow Angkor Wat Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,... |
1989–1991 | State of Cambodia | |
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a United Nations blue flag with a whit Map of Cambodia with a Khmer word in the center: Kampuchea. | 1992-1993 | The UNTAC |