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Sri Lankan Provincial Flags
This is a list of the Flags of the Sri Lankan Provinces. Provincial flags for the modern provinces of Sri Lanka were first introduced in 1987, and 1988 for the North Eastern Province, which was at the time one entity. In 2007 with the separation of the North Eastern Province, into the Northern and the Eastern provinces, two new flags were adopted. Most of the flags are based upon ancient Sinhalese flags, and or symbols for their respective regions. Current provincial flags Historic provincial flags See also * List of Sri Lankan flags References {{Lists of flags Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ... * Sri Lanka geography-related lists ...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ...
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Flag Of Sabaragamuwa Province
The flag of Sabaragamuwa Province was adopted for the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka in 1987. Symbolism The flag of the Sabaragamuwa is a dark red flag boarded by yellow edges, like the Sri Lankan Flag it has four yellow bo leaves in the corners and in the middle is a lion holding a whip like object, there are also a sun and a moon either side of the lion. See also * Flag of Sri Lanka * List of Sri Lankan flags References External links Sabaragamuwa Provincial CouncilSri Lanka.Asia {{Sri Lankan provincial flags Sabaragamuwa Province Sabaragamuwa Province Sabaragamuwa Province The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrati ... Flags displaying animals ...
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Lists And Galleries Of Flags
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Flags Of The Provinces Of Sri Lanka
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List Of Sri Lankan Flags
This is a list of Flag of Sri Lanka, flags used in Sri Lanka. National flag Presidential flag (1972–2022) This flag was personal to every President of Sri Lanka, and as such the design changed when a new president assumed office. On 15 July 2022, the acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe abolished the presidential flag. Civil ensigns Military flags Government flags Provincial flags Historical flags Sinhala Kingdom flags Tamil flags Portuguese Ceylon flags Dutch Ceylon flags British Ceylon flags Ensigns Royal standards Viceregal flags Military flags } -->, , 1966–1972 , , Second Flag of the Ceylon Army , , , - , , , 1950–1972 , , Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Navy , , , - , , , 1951–1972 , , Ensign of the Royal Ceylon Air Force , , , - , , , 1971 – 2010 , , Ensign of the Sri Lanka Air Force , , , - , , , 1971 – 2010, , Unit colour of the Sri Lanka Air Force , , References External links

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North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces. This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006. The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee. History The Indo-Lanka Accord signed on 29 July 1987 required the Sri Lankan government to devolve powers to the provinces and, in the interim, to merge the Northern and Eastern provinces into one administrative unit. The accord required a referendum to be held by 31 December 1988 in the Eastern Province to decide whether the merger should be permanent. Crucially, the accord allowed the Sri Lankan president to postpone the referendum at his discretion On 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987, establi ...
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Flag Of North Eastern Province
The flag of North Eastern Province, was adopted for the North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka in 1987. The flag was disused after 31 December 2006. History It was used until 31 December 2006, when the province was abolished and separated into the Northern and Eastern Provinces, with the Supreme Court ruling that by 2007 the 1987 order of merging the two provinces, under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, Northern and Eastern was illegal and therefore the two provinces must be administered separately. This meant two separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces. Symbolism The flag of the North Eastern Province is similar to the current Flag of Northern Province. It has a symbol of the Sun in the middle of the flag, with three vertical stripes red, white and green. See also * Flag of Sri Lanka * Flag of Eastern Province * Flag of Northern Province * List of Sri Lankan flags This is a list of flags used in Sri Lanka. National flag Presidential flag (1972–2022) This flag wa ...
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Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center. History Parts of present-day Western Province were part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The province then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese an ...
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Flag Of Western Province
The flag of Western Province, was adopted for the Western Province of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ... in 1987. Symbolism The flag of the Western Province has concentric rectangles. The outer rectangle is green with the next one being white. It has decorative green and yellow leaves and in the corners are four arrows separating each side. In the dark red central rectangle, there are four Bo leaves in the corners and three white rings in the middle. Within the first is a three headed golden snake; in the central one is a golden lion with sword; and in the last one is a golden bird or cock with a sword. See also * Flag of Sri Lanka * List of Sri Lankan flags References External links Flag of Western ProvinceWestern Province Provincial CouncilSri L ...
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Uva Province
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla District, Badulla and Moneragala District, Moneragala. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sabaragamuwa, and Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese language, Sinhalese: ''great-sandy'') and Menik (Sinhalese: ''gemstone'') rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reserv ...
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Flag Of Uva Province
The flag of Uva, was adopted for the Uva Province of Sri Lanka in 1987. Symbolism The flag of the Uva is a red and yellow flag of a bird. It is bordered by a series of patterns. See also * Flag of Sri Lanka * List of Sri Lankan flags References External links Uva Governor's officeSri Lanka.Asia {{Sri Lankan provincial flags Uva Uva Province Uva UVA most often refers to: * Ultraviolet A, a type of ultraviolet radiation * University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Uva or UVA may also refer to: Places * Uva, Missouri, an unincorpora ... Flags displaying animals Red and yellow flags ...
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Southern Province, Sri Lanka
The Southern Province ( si, දකුණු පළාත ''Dakuṇu Paḷāta'', ta, தென் மாகாணம் ''Theṉ Mākāṇam'') of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. It is the 7th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people, the 3rd most populated province. The province is bordered by Sabaragamuwa Province and Uva Province to the North, Eastern Province to the Northeast, Western Province to the Northwest and the Indian Ocean to the South, West and East. The Province's capital is Galle. The Southern Province is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this ...
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