Kyrgyzstan Flag

Description

The Kyrgyzstan flag is available from Flags Online in full-size and desk formats, printed on both sides and made to last outdoors.

About the Kyrgyzstan Flag

The Kyrgyzstan flag is a red field carrying a golden sun of forty rays, with a stylised image of a yurt’s roof crown sitting inside the sun’s disc. Adopted on 3 March 1992, not long after Kyrgyzstan became independent from the Soviet Union, it is one of the most visually distinctive flags in Central Asia, combining a strong solid colour with fine, almost lace-like detail at its centre.

Colours and Symbolism

Red is the dominant colour of the Kyrgyzstan flag and refers to bravery and valour, drawing on the legend of Manas, the hero of the Kyrgyz national epic, who is said to have fought beneath a red banner. The forty rays of the sun represent the forty tribes that Manas is said to have united, a number that also appears elsewhere in Kyrgyz folklore and design. At the centre of the sun sits the tunduk, the wooden lattice crown that forms the smoke opening at the top of a traditional Kyrgyz yurt. It stands for home, family and the continuity of Kyrgyz life on the steppe, and it appears on no other national flag.

History of the Kyrgyzstan Flag

Before independence, Kyrgyzstan flew the red Soviet-era flag of the Kyrgyz SSR, with its hammer and sickle in the corner. Once the country left the Soviet Union in 1991, a new design was needed that reflected Kyrgyz identity rather than Soviet symbolism, and the sun-and-tunduk Kyrgyzstan flag was approved the following year. The overall red field was kept partly as a link to earlier Kyrgyz banners and partly for its association with courage in Manas. In late 2023, lawmakers amended the design of the sun’s rays, straightening them from their original slightly curved form, a change intended to make the tunduk pattern read more clearly rather than to alter the flag’s meaning.

Flying and Displaying the Flag

The flag is flown daily outside government buildings, schools and border posts, and it is raised for state occasions including Independence Day on 31 August. Kyrgyz flag law sets out the correct proportions of the sun and tunduk relative to the field, since the fine detail at the centre of the Kyrgyzstan flag can be distorted if it is printed or stitched incorrectly. As with most national flags, it should be flown right side up, with the tunduk sitting upright inside the sun, and kept away from the ground or water when handled.

Kyrgyzstan Flag Sizes and Pricing

• 180 x 120cm — R860
• 22 x 15cm Desk Flag (10 units) — R800
• 10 x 15cm Desk Flag (10 units) — R650
• 90 x 60cm — R400

Material and Construction

Made from 100% polyester bunting material and digitally printed on both sides. Hemmed all around with two rows of stitching and finished with a polyester webbing heading. Rope and toggle for hoisting included.

Supplied in packs of 10. Printed on both sides onto polyester and supplied with a black plastic stick and removable base — take the base off and it doubles as a hand waving flag.

Ordering and Delivery

Every Kyrgyzstan flag is printed to order and dispatched from our Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Johannesburg branches, with courier delivery nationwide. Bulk and school orders are welcome — contact us for volume pricing on quantities of 10 or more.

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