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The flag of the united states of america is a national flagit has 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes.

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The flag of the united states of america often referred to as the american flag or the us. When a new state joins the united states a new flag is made with an extra star. At 38 million square miles 98 million square kilometers it is the worlds third or fourth.

Flag is the national flag of the united statesit consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red top and bottom alternating with white with a blue rectangle in the canton referred to specifically as the union bearing fifty small white five pointed stars arranged in nine offset. Flag date use description flag of navassa island. The flag of the netherlands is the oldest tricolour.

Since 1818 a star for each new state has been added to the flag on the fourth of july immediately following each states admission. The flag of denmark the dannebrog is attested in 1478 and is the oldest national flag still in useit inspired the cross design of the other nordic countries. State flags as contemporarily understood date from the turn of the 20th century when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 worlds columbian exposition in chicago illinoismost us.

This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign statesfor other flags please see flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements flags of extinct states and gallery of flags of dependent territorieseach flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag except for those of iran. In years which multiple states were admitted the number of stars on the flag jumped correspondingly. According to a 2001 survey by the north american vexillological association new mexico has the best.

Norway sweden finland iceland and regional scandinavian flags for the faroe islands aland scania and bornholm as well as flags for the non scandinavian shetland and orkney. The united states of america usa commonly known as the united states us or us or america is a country primarily located in central north america between canada and mexicoit consists of 50 states a federal district five self governing territories and several other island possessions. Field flag of the united states army flag of the chief of staff of the army flag of the vice chief of staff of the army flag of the sergeant major of the army positional flags.

The most pronounced example of this is 1890 when five states were admitted within the span of a single year north dakota. For more details on the design and colors see design of the flag of the united states at the english wikipedia. United states unincorporated and organized territory united states minor outlying islands in the caribbean.

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