Flag of Uganda own flag. However, in order to avoid appearing to give preference to one region of the colony over any other, the British colonial authorities selected the crane emblem for use on the Blue ensign and other official banners. When the Democratic Party ruled the country, a design for flag was proposed. It had vertical stripes of green-blue-green, separated by narrower yellow stripes, and in the centre had the silhouette of a yellow crane. After the party lost the national elections on 25 April 1962 the newly elected Uganda People's Congress (UPC) rejected the former design and instead proposed the current
Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is situated in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Its flag consists of a rainbow on a white background, with seven narrow horizontal colored stripes: red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, blue and purple. The number of colors is meant to symbolize the seven-branched Jewish Menorah. The flag's aspect ratio is 2:3. The seven colored stripes are centered vertically and regularly spaced; they have a height each equal to of the total flag's height, and are separated by a thin spacing equal to of the total flag's height. The