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Trivia: Nepalese Flag

By Alex in Daily Trivia on Nov 7, 2007 at 3:58 am


Nepal is the only country in the world that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Nepalese flag is shaped like a two overlapping triangles.


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  1. Geoduck
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 4:04 am

    I suppose technically they are a type of rectangle, but still, Switzerland and Vatican City have square flags.

  2. Florent
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 6:50 am

    Although it may not be a country, the Ohio flag is also shaped unusually :

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio

  3. Dan
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 6:51 am

    ohio has the only other non-rectangular flags. It's a burgee.

  4. The Manticore
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    about time Ohio has something. cool.

    hoooooooooraaaay for odd shaped flags!

    *waves a small Ohio flag unenthusiastically*

  5. Weakly
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    Nepalese flag is shaped like a two overlapping triangles.

    ...yes, which you can see from the picture. Any info why?

  6. Chris
    Nov 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm

    Weakly :
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nepal

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