Flag of Basque Country

Basque Country
Ikurriña
Ikurrina
UseCivil and state flag
Proportion14:25
Adopted19 October 1936
18 December 1978
DesignA red field with the white central cross that extends to the edges of the flag superimposed on the green diagonal cross that extends to the corners of the flag.
Designed byLuis Arana and Sabino Arana

The flag of the Basque Country, also known as the ikurrina (in Basque)[1] or ikurriña (Spanish spelling of the Basque term)[2] is the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community of Spain. This flag consists of a white cross over a green saltire on a red field.

  1. ^ Euskaltzaindia: Dictionary of the Standard Basque Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2010-10-04.
  2. ^ Real Academia Española (2001): «ikurriña», Diccionario de la Lengua Española, 22nd edition, available online. Retrieved 2014-03-30.

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