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![[Armenia]](../images/a/am.gif)
by
António Martins
Flag used between 1918 and 1921 and
readopted 24 August 1990 (with modified
proportion), coat of arms used between 1918 and 1921 and readopted 24
August 1990 .
Proportion: 1:2
Description: Horizontally divided red-blue-orange.
Use: on land, civil, state and war flag.
Colour approximate specifications (as given in Album des Pavillons [pay00]):
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Full name: Republic of Armenia.
Location: Caucasus.
Status: Internationally recognized independent state since 23
September 1991.
Notes: Historical Armenia was the first nation to declare
Christianity its official religion.
The flag was originally hoisted during
short-lived Armenia independence after
First World War.
Stuart Notholt
The State flag was confirmed on 23 August by the Armenian Supreme
Council decision. The Declaration about Independence of
Armenia was adopted during the same session. The law About
State flag of Republic of Armenia (No C-0076-1) was adopted by
the the Supreme Council on 24 August.
The law says that the national flag of Armenia is a rectangular panel of ratio 1:2, with three
equal horizontal stripes of red, blue and orange colours (from top to
bottom).
The text of the law is avialable on the
Armenian
Presidency website.
Evan & Victor Lomantsov, 2 March 2002
According to the law, the flag is said to be karmir, kappoyt, narndjagooyn (Eastern Armenian pronunciation), which translates exactly into "red, blue, orange". However, I cannot confirm the shade of blue that was on the Soviet Armenian flag. All I can tell you is that the flag before the USSR and after the USSR (the one we lea