nd from the
lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green
and the lower triangle is blue
Thailand:
five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double
width), white, and red
Togo:
five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom)
alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red
square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African
colors of Ethiopia
Tokelau:
the flag of New Zealand is used
Tonga:
red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper
hoist-side corner
Trinidad and Tobago:
red with a white-edged black diagonal band from
the upper hoist side
Tromelin Island:
the flag of France is used
Tunisia:
red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent
nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are
traditional symbols of Islam
Turkey:
red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is
toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just
outside the crescent opening
Turkmenistan:
green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist
side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs)
stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive
branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon and five white stars
appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the
red stripe
Turks and Caicos Islands:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer
half of the flag; the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell,
lobster, and cactus
Tuvalu:
light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant; the outer half of the flag represents a map of the country
with nine yellow five-pointed stars symbolizing the nine islands
Uganda:
six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red,
black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center
and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the
hoist side
Ukraine:
two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow
represent grainfields under a blue sky
United Arab Emirates:
three equal horizontal bands of green (top),
white, and black with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side
United Kingdom:
blue with the red cross of Saint George (patron
saint of England) edged in white superimposed
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