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- Capital
- Astana
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1992
- Designer
- Shaken Niyazbekov
Kazakhstan
Colors and meaning
Sky blue #00AFCA
The unbroken sky, and Turkic nomadic tradition
Gold #FEC50C
The sun and steppe wealth
Symbolism and history
A golden sun with 32 rays hovers above a soaring steppe eagle, with a vertical band of traditional ornamentation at the hoist, adopted the year after independence from the Soviet Union.
No documented visual overlap
Kazakhstan’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Asia, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Kazakhstan on Wikipedia