Slovenia
Shape
Europe · Central Europe
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Slovenia's flag is three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red, with the coat of arms in the top corner by the flagpole. The coat of arms shows Mount Triglav, the country's highest peak, in white above two wavy blue lines for the rivers and sea, with three gold stars taken from the arms of the Counts of Celje. The flag was adopted in 1991.
Often confused with
Russia's flag has the same stripes with no coat of arms.
Slovakia's coat of arms is larger, sits in the middle of the left half and shows a white double cross. The names are easy to mix up too: Slovakia borders Poland and Hungary, Slovenia borders Italy and Austria.
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