Flag of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Republic
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion3:5
AdoptedMarch 3, 1992 (1992-03-03) (first introduction)
December 26, 2023 (2023-12-26) (current version)
DesignA red field charged with a yellow sun with forty uniformly spaced rays, representing the forty clans united in legend by Manas; the sun is crossed by two sets of four lines, representing the traditional Kyrgyz yurt.
UsePresidential Standard
Proportion3:5
DesignA red field charged with the emblem of the president of Kyrgyzstan in the centre
UseLocal government flag
Proportion3:5
AdoptedSince 2017
DesignA red field charged with the national emblem in the center, used by local governments in Kyrgyzstan

The State Flag of the Kyrgyz Republic consists of a red field charged with a yellow sun that contains a depiction of a tündük, the opening in the center of the roof of a yurt (traditional nomadic tent). Adopted in 1992, just over seven months after the country's independence was declared, to replace the flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, it has been the flag of Kyrgyzstan since that year. The red on the flag is said to be inspired by the pennant lifted by Manas, the country's folk hero.