Flag Of Cambodia 2020

The current flag with a blue border and red central the stripes are in the ratio 1 2 1 was adopted following cambodia s independence in 1948.

Flag of cambodia 2020. Horizontally striped blue red blue national flag featuring in white the main building of angkor wat an ancient temple complex the flag s width to length ratio is 2 to 3. This enabled foreign owned ships to register with the country for use of its flag. Head of state. Flag description adopted use a yellow pennant with green fringe.

Since around 1850 the cambodian flag has featured a depiction of angkor wat in the centre. However in 2016 the cambodian ministry of public works and transport closed its maritime registry following numerous instances of cambodian flagged vessels partaking in nefarious activities including north korean sanctions evasion. In different artistic representations the central building of angkor wat has appeared on khmer national flags since the 19th century in the early days of the french protectorate over cambodia. The red stripe bears a white silhouette of the temple angkor wat in its center.

Cambodia began the process of recovery under the vietnam backed regime of the people s republic of kampuchea 1979 89 and in the 1990s it regained political autonomy reestablished a constitutional government and subsequently instituted free elections the cambodian economy has steadily improved and the country seems to be living by the words of the cambodian proverb fear not the. Ministry of foreign affairs international cooperation of cambodia website. Similar flag to the present flag but instead of 2 blue bands above and bottom it was a dark blue banner and a small red banner inside. 7 xinhua cambodia on friday hoisted the asean flag adjacent to its national flag at the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation in order to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of the association of southeast asian nations asean.

Red flag with a dark blue rectangle inside with elements from the royal arms of cambodia in gold. Click here for detail specification. Download flag of cambodia. Wat temple complex is a holy site and the country s most popular tourist attraction so revered it appears on the cambodian flag.

Head of government. The current flag of cambodia was adopted in 1993 and consists of two blue stripes and one red stripe in between. Head of state. His majesty king norodom sihamoni.

Prime minister hun sen. Xinhua news agency aug 7 2020 at 8 14 am phnom penh aug.