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WikiProject Former countries is a collaboration for articles about countries that existed in history, but no longer exist as political entities. The project will work towards defining a structure and formulate a template for former sovereign states .
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states , countries , nations , or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
The most recent current state flag is that of Minnesota (May 11, 2024), while the most recent current territorial flag is that of the Northern Mariana Islands (July 1, 1985). History. Modern U.S. state flags date from the 1890s, when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
- Current State Flags
- Current Territory Flags
- Commemorative State Flags
- Native American Flags
- Unofficial Flags of Atolls, Reefs, and Other Islands
- See Also
Listed alphabetically with their respective date of adoption. 1. Flag of Alabama (February 16, 1895) 2. Flag of Alaska (May 2, 1927) 3. Flag of Arizona (February 27, 1917) 4. Flag of Arkansas (February 28, 2011) 5. Flag of California (February 3, 1911) 6. Flag of Colorado (March 31, 1964) 7. Flag of Connecticut (September 9, 1897) 8. Flag of Delawa...
These are the current official flags of the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States. Dates in parentheses denote when the territory's current flag was adopted by its respective political body.[citation needed]
Many Native American nations have tribal sovereignty, with jurisdiction over their members and reserved land. Although reservations are on state land, the laws of the state(s) do not necessarily apply.Below are the flags of some of the largest Indian tribes reservations by population and area:
The U.S. national flag is the official flag for all islands, atolls, and reefs composing the United States Minor Outlying Islands. However, unofficial flags are sometimes used to represent some of the insular areas in the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands:
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...
Project statistics. As of 29 October 2023, there are 411,620 articles within the scope of WikiProject United States, of which 1,465 are featured and 4,777 are good articles. This makes up 6.11% of the articles on Wikipedia, 13.81% of all featured articles and lists, and 12.34% of all good articles.
Apr 8, 2024 · Contents. 1 Country flags. 1.1 Syntax. 1.2 What is SVG? 1.2.1 SVG file type tags. 2 The World. 3 North America. 3.1 Canada. 3.2 United States. 4 Central America. 4.1 Caribbean. 5 South America. 5.1 Chile. 5.2 Brazil. 6 Asia. 7 Oceania. 7.1 Australia. 8 Europe. 8.1 Spain. 8.2 Italy. 8.3 Czech Republic. 9 Africa. 10 Members. 11 See also.
