Ilinden (Municipality, Macedonia)

Илинден

Last modified: 2004-12-18 by ivan sache
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by Ivan Sache

• Presentation of Ilinden
• Description of the flag

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• Macedonia
• Macedonia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Ilinden

Ilinden (14,512 inhabitants) was the place of the Macedonian uprising against the Ottomans in 1903, known as the Ilinden uprising.

Ivan Sache, 4 March 2002

Municipal flag of Ilinden

The municipal flag of Ilinden is vertical, in proportion 2:1, red with a yellow sun with twelve "drop-like" rays placed in the upper part of the flag, a yellow stripe placed along each vertical side of the flag and stretching from the middle of the sun to the bottom of the flag, and a diagonal yellow stripe linking both vertical stripes.

The sun is another variation of the Macedonian national flag, and the yellow stripes build an inverted N, which probably represent the Cyrillic initial (И) of Ilinden.

Ivan Sache, 4 March 2002