Flag of Dnipro

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Flag of the city of Dnipro
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Vexillological symbol : Civil flag and official flag on land? ?Normal or de jure version of a flag
Aspect ratio: 2: 3
Officially accepted: 5th December 2012

The flag of Dnipro is an official symbol of the city of Dnipro .

description

The city flag shows the centered large city coat of arms of Dnipro on a white background with a blue heraldic image of the river Dnieper underneath .

history

After the city council decided on an official coat of arms on September 6, 2001, the first representation of the large city coat of arms on a flag with a blue background soon appeared. This has changed twice, the last version shows the small city coat of arms on a white background with an underlying blue heraldic image of the Dnieper river, like the current city flag.

The current city flag was determined in a competition based on a resolution of the city council on April 18, 2012. The competition took place in two sections, in the first the best ten of all submitted designs were determined and in the second step the winner was announced on December 5, 2012.

  • unofficial flags

  • Flag was proposed but never officially adopted? The first draft of a city flag that appeared in 2001.

  • Flag was proposed but never officially adopted? The last version of the unofficial flag, until December 2012.

Web links

Commons : flag of Dnipro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dnipropetrovsk has a new flag. In: The national news agency Ukrinform . December 5, 2012, archived from the original on April 15, 2014 ; Retrieved September 27, 2014 (Ukrainian).
  2. ↑ Flag of the city of Dnipro. Russian Center of Vexillology and Heraldry , July 6, 2010, accessed September 27, 2014 (Russian).
  3. ↑ The city council calls a competition to create a new flag for Dnepropetrovsk. City of Dnipropetrovsk, April 23, 2012, accessed September 27, 2014 (in Russian).
  4. ↑ Competition for a new city flag. Dnipropetrovsk City Council, April 19, 2014, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved September 27, 2014 (Ukrainian).