Mongolia

Mongoliaᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Flag of Mongolia
Adopted	January 12, 1992 (colors standardized July 8, 2011)
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The national flag of Mongolia is among the most symbolic of national flags worldwide. Its appearance consists of 3 vertical rectangles of color including red, blue and red. The red stripe represents freedom and prosperity, but in the past, it also was a symbol of the Communist era and Mongolian People Republic. The middle blue symbolizes the color of the eternal blue sky. On the left stripe, there is the national symbol of Mongolia called Soyombo which was officially adopted to the Mongolian flag on January 12, 1992. The Soyombo symbol is a geometric abstraction that represents fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and a Taijitu symbol representing the duality of yin and yang.

Historical Flags

Flag of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia after its declaration of independence during the fall of the Chinese Qing dynasty. (1911–1920); Return to the royalist flag of the Bogd Khanate used before the occupation, but simply as a "formality" after the communist victory in the Revolution of 1921. (1921–1924)

Flag of the Republic of China used during the Chinese occupation of Mongolia. (1920–1921)

Flag of the Communist Revolutionary Provisional Government of Mongolia used during the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. (1921–1924)

Purported flag of the Mongolian People's Republic, with an unusual blue Soyombo. (1924–1940)

The first flag of the Mongolian People's Republic as described by the Mongolian Constitution of 1924 (1924–1930)

The second flag of the Mongolian People's Republic. (1930–1940)

The third flag of the Mongolian People's Republic after the Second Mongolian Constitution was adopted in 1940 (1940–1945)

The fourth flag of the Mongolian People's Republic until the end of the regime. (1945–1992)

Flag Redesigns

Mongolia flag redesign by Cocestrable, Jul 2024.