Flag of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Flag of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Description

  • Two stacked crimson triangular pennons with a blue border, featuring a white stylised moon in the upper pennon and a white sun in the lower pennon
  • The only national flag in the world that is not a rectangle or square
  • Proportions and construction were formalised in the 1962 constitution and carried into the 2015 republic

Trivia

  • The current shape is a simplification of two separate pennons once flown by rival Rana and Shah branches of the royal family
  • The 1962 constitution defines the flag's exact geometry with twenty-four precise construction rules
  • Until 1962 the sun and moon carried stylised human faces, removed in the modern version

Flag of Nepal

Nepal's flag is the only non-quadrilateral national flag in the world. It consists of two stacked crimson pennons with a blue border, the upper bearing a white stylised crescent moon and the lower a white twelve-rayed sun. The modern design was formalised on 16 December 1962 and preserved when Nepal became a federal republic in 2008.

The shape is a simplification of two separate pennons once flown by the rival Rana and Shah branches of the royal family, later combined into a single emblem. Crimson, the colour of the rhododendron, is Nepal's national colour and represents the bravery of its people; the blue border signifies peace. The 1962 constitution defines the flag's exact geometry with twenty-four precise construction rules, making it one of the most mathematically specified flags.

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