Samara Region (Russia)

Samarskaa^ oblasth

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• Presentation of Samara Region
• Description of the flag
• Unofficial flag of 1992-1993
• The Samaraʼs Banner

• Subdivisions of Samara Region
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions (list and clickable map)

• Symbols of the Samara Region
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 26 Jan 2002
• Law about Regional Symbols of the Samara Region
  reported by Jan Zrzavy, 25 Jan 2001
• Coat of arms of Samara Region
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 17 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Samara Region
  reported by Pascal Gross, 18 Dec 1998
• Coat of arms of Samara Region
  reported by Michael Simakov, 29 Dec 1998

Presentation of Samara Region

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• Name (english): Samara Region • (russian): Самарская область | Samarskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Самарса | Samara • (former name): Kuĭbyŝev | Куйбышев (1935-199X)
• Area: 53 600 km² (≅20 700 sq.mi.) • Population: 3 282 000 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Volga • Economic region: Volga
• License plate code: 63 • Ham radio code: SR • ISO 3166-2 code: SAM
• Flag adopted on 1998.09.22 • Coat of arms adopted on 1998.09.22

Description of the flag

After a substantial decision of the flag project, it was decided that the Samara Oblast flag is a rectangular red-white-blue canvas, 2:3 size, with the arms in the center.
Pascal Gross, 12 Jul 2001, quoting from http://www.adm.samara.ru/en/content/5/51/675

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