Lipetsk Region (Russia)

Lipeckaa^ oblasth

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Lipetsk Region
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• No flag until (at least) 2000.02.16
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Presentation of Lipetsk Region

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• Name (english): Lipetsk Region • (russian): Липецкая область | Lipeckaâ oblasth
  
• Capital (russian): Липецк | Lipeck • (english): Lipetsk
• Area: 24 100 km² (≅9 300 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 235 000 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center Ĉernozem | Чернозем (south central European Russia)
• License plate code: 48 • Ham radio code: LP • ISO 3166-2 code: LIP
• Flag not adopted yet • Coat of arms not adopted yet

About the flag

Some days ago I reported the flag of Lipetsk oblast in Vexillum list. Unluckley image I have is small and the details of the coa can be readables.
Jaume Ollé, 17 Nov 2002

No flag until (at least) 2000.02.16

Lipetsk oblast don't have own flag.
Igor Lizunov, 22 Dec 1998

Lipetsk region has neither flag nor coat of arms.
48a00024@lipadm.lipetsk.ru, 16 Feb 2000

Lipyetsk city
(Lipeck | Липецк, a county-status city)

This seems to be the flag of Lipetsk city; Lipetsk oblast has not adopted a flag for the moment.
Pascal Gross, 12 Nov 2000

The tree on the flag of Lipetsk (and on the coat of arms, too) is a lime-tree ("lipa" in russian), these are “canting arms”.
Victor Lomantsov, 13 Nov 2000