Brunei

Sultanate of Brunei, Negara Brunei Darussalam

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Gvido Petersons
Flag adopted 29th September 1959, coat-of-arms adopted 1932

• Description
• Construction Sheet
• Proportion of the Stripes
• Coat-of-Arms
• Royal Standards
• Rank Flags
• Ensigns
• Armed Forces
• Royal Brunei Police (Polis Diraja Brunei)
• Historical Flags
• Unidentified Flags

See also:

• Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Other sites:

• National Flag and Coat-of-Arms at the Brunei Government Official Website
• Flag, National Coat-of-Arms and Anthem at the BruNet Website
• Brunei Darussalam Flag and National Anthem (same information as at BruNet but with a clearer display) at The Commonwealth OnLine

From the Brunei Government Official Website:

The rectangular shaped State flag of four components portions —two parallelograms and two trapeziums— is cut across by a parallelogram from a point 2.1/2" [6.35 cm] below the top left corner to a point of the same distance from the bottom corner on the right side. The standard measures 72" [182.88 cm] long by 36" [91.44 cm] wide. The parallelogram dividing the rectangle in this manner leaves two similar trapeziums at the top and bottom of the flag, with the lower trapezium assuming the inverted form of the upper trapezium. The parallelogram is again divided into two parallelograms of unequal depths, the upper being one inch [2.54 cm] wider that the lower which is 7.1/2" [19.05 cm] width.

The center of the flag is superimposed by the State crest [i.e. coat-of-arms] in red. The forefingers of the upright arms, which support the red crest, are equidistant at 61 cm from the left and right sides of the flag. (...)

Four colours are incorporated in the flag, red for the crest, yellow for the trapeziums, white for the upper parallelogram and black for the lower parallelogram.

Mark Sensen, 9 November 1997 and Dov Gutterman, 6 March 1999

Album des Pavillons 2000, page BR 2.1, says the usage is civil and state flag on land, civil ensign on vessels () and (I guess naval) jack. Smith 1980 designates it