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HONDURAS • Incoming president Xiomara Castro changed the national flag from dark blue to turquoise on January 27, the date of her innauguration.

SAINT MARTIN • The French and Dutch halves of Saint Martin agreed to adopt a unity flag to serve as a common cultural symbol for the island. It was raised for the first time on November 11, Saint Martin's Day. The flag had been in use unofficially since 1990.

TÜRKIYE • On June 2, Turkey sent a letter to the United Nations changing the official English spelling of its name.

¹ Flown alongside the French tricolour as a joint national flag. ↩

² Flown by the kingdom of ʻUvea on Wallis Island. Customarily used to represent all of Wallis and Futuna at diplomatic and sporting events. Within the territory it has equal status with the flags of the kingdoms of Alo and Sigave and the three flags are flown together at the territorial assembly. ↩

³ Flown alongside the flags of ʻUvea and Sigave at the Wallis and Futuna territorial assembly. ↩

⁴ Flown alongside the flags of ʻUvea and Alo at the Wallis and Futuna territorial assembly. ↩

⁵ A popular but unofficial local flag. ↩

⁶ An unofficial flag flown by Guadeloupe nationalists. There is also a rarely used "heraldic banner" based on the coat of arms of Pointe-à-Pitre. ↩

⁷ An unofficial flag flown by Martinican nationalists and occasionally by local municipalities. ↩

⁸ A common cultural flag representing both the French and Dutch halves of the island of Saint Martin. ↩

⁹ The official flag of the British overseas territory, flown by the government and allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁰ The unofficial but popular cultural flag of the island, dating back to Anguilla's unrecognized secession in 1967. ↩

¹¹ Flown by the government, the navy, the national police, and national sports teams. Raised at major ceremonies. The army uses a similar flag with a different coat of arms. ↩

¹² Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹³ The most common flag, flown over most government buildings, at ceremonies, by diplomatic missions and often by public citizens. ↩

¹⁴ An alternative government flag, most commonly flown by the armed forces but also on some public buildings and offices. ↩

¹⁵ The simplest version of the national flag, flown by some private citizens. ↩

¹⁶ The most common Costa Rican flag. Officially designated for private citizens, but in practice often used on government buildings and schools too. ↩

¹⁷ Flown by the government and by diplomatic missions, although also used sometimes by private citizens. ↩

¹⁸ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

¹⁹ A traditional military emblem, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings. ↩

²⁰ A historic flag, ceremonially flown alongside the national flag at government buildings. ↩

²¹ Flown by the government and armed forces, and unofficially used by many private citizens. ↩

²² Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²³ Flown by the governmnent. The armed forces fly a similar flag with olive and laurel branches around the coat of arms. ↩

²⁴ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

²⁵ A flag representing Bolivia's indigenous peoples, flown alongside the tricolour on government buildings. ↩

²⁶ Flown by the Polisario Front and the unrecognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which claims to be the rightful government of the disputed Western Sahara. Most of the territory is occupied by Morocco. ↩

²⁷ Flown by opponents of the Assad regime, and in areas under the control of certain rebel groups. ↩

²⁸ The plain tricolour is still flown unofficially. ↩

²⁹ Some versions of the flag have the ring of stars extending over all three stripes. ↩

³⁰ Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, a nationalist liberation movement within Ethiopia. The regional government flies a red, white and black flag with a tree in the middle. ↩

³¹ Flown by private citizens and municipalities. ↩

³² Flown by the federal government and the armed forces. ↩

³³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

³⁴ Flown by the royal house, the government, and the armed forces. Also granted to a select list of private institutions and companies. ↩

³⁵ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

³⁶ Flown only on state-owned buildings and naval ships. ↩

³⁷ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

³⁸ Flown on government buildings and coast guard ships. ↩

³⁹ Flown for all purposes. A three-tailed version of the national flag is flown by the military. ↩

⁴⁰ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁴¹ Flown by the government, border guard, and public universities. The armed forces fly a version with a swallowtail cut. ↩

⁴² Northen Ireland has not had an official flag since 1973, but the Ulster Banner is still flown by some sporting teams and private citizens. More or less exclusively a unionist symbol. Nationalists tend to fly the Irish tricolour instead. ↩

⁴³ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁴⁴ Flown over the Prince's Palace and government buildings. ↩

⁴⁵ The traditional Catalan flag, and the official flag of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. ↩

⁴⁶ The flag preferred by supporters of Catalan independence. ↩

⁴⁷ Flown by the national government, and by local and provincial governments on national holidays and days of mourning. Allowed to be used by private citizens during celebrations, sporting events, and any other context that isn't expressly forbidden by law. In other words, it can basically be used anyone at any time. ↩

⁴⁸ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁴⁹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. Must be flown over the Presidential Palace, parliament, provincial legislatures, and other government buildings. ↩

⁵⁰ Only supposed to be flown by embassies, airports, and merchant ships. In practice, flown by private citizens as well. ↩

⁵¹ Allowed to be flown by anyone. ↩

⁵² Ceremonial flag, flown at the Royal Palace in Vilnius, Trakai Island Castle, and War Museum in Kaunas. Also flown over government buildings on certain holidays. ↩

⁵³ Flown by protestors against the Lukashenko regime. ↩

⁵⁴ Flown by the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia and the Russian republic of North Ossetia. ↩

⁵⁵ The former flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, still flown by diplomatic missions. ↩

⁵⁶ Flown by the largely-unrecognized Taliban government ↩

⁵⁷ The national flag of the Uyghur people, banned within the People's Republic of China. Xinjiang Province does not have an official flag. ↩

⁵⁸ Banned within the People's Republic of China. The Tibet Autonomous Region does not have a flag. ↩

⁵⁹ A popular but unofficial local flag flown by some municipalities. ↩

⁶⁰ Flown by the departmental council and used as a local flag. ↩

⁶¹ Flown by the Chagossians, who were forcibly removed from the islands by the British to make way for a military base. The islands are officially administered as the British Indian Ocean Territory, which has a colonial ensign with wavy white and blue stripes and a palm tree badge. ↩

⁶² Flown in the Pakistan-controlled parts of the disputed region of Kashmir. The two Indian union territories in the region do not have official flags. ↩

⁶³ Flown by Baloch nationalists seeking independence from Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. The star is sometimes flipped upside down or replaced by a white sun. The provincial government of Balochistan in Pakistan flies a green flag with a white camel emblem. ↩

⁶⁴ Flown by nationalists and separatists. The Indian state of Nagaland does not have an official flag. ↩

⁶⁵ The popular but unofficial flag of the Kannada people. The Indian state of Karnataka does not have an official flag. ↩

⁶⁶ The flag of the Republic of China, which is the government of Taiwan. Banned on the mainland, as the People's Republic of China claims sovereignty over the island. At major international sporting events like the Olympics, Taiwan competes under the name "Chinese Taipei" and flies a neutral flag. ↩

⁶⁷ Flown by Karen nationalists seeking independence and separation from Myanmar. Kayin State has its own flag, a blue-white-red tricolour with a white star in the top left. ↩