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California For further information

Canada For further information click here. This flag was adopted in 1965 after considerable debate.

Castile-Leon For further information click here. Adopted 1983.

Chad For further information click here. Adopted in 1959. Same as the flag of Romania.

Chequered flag For further information click here. There seems much debate about the origins of this flag, but the best information supports its use in the Vanderbilt Cup car race in 1906.

Chile For further information click here. Adopted in 1817.

China For further information click here. Adopted in 1949.

Confederate flag For further information click here. This flag was rejected as the national flag of the Confederation in the south in 1861, but used by Robert E Lee as his army's battle flag. It was adopted as the second Confederate Navy Jack for 1863-1865. It has been a controversial flag, meaning a number of things to different people.

Cook Islands For further information click here. Adopted in 1979.

Croatia For further information click here. Adopted in 1990.

Cuba For further information click here. Adopted in 1902.

Cyprus For further information click here. Originally adopted in 1960 with modification in 2006.

Czecia (ex Czech Republic) For further information click here. Adopted in 1920, banned by the Nazis in 1939, and restored in 1945.