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Basrah Regionalist Flag (Iraq)

image by Daniel Rentería, 6 July 2025
based on photo

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

At https://www.radionawa.com/all-detail.aspx?jimare=5289, a flag is very clearly present. It is a vertical triband of green, white and blue with a symbol in the center. Green, from what I can gather online (Reddit), is for its agriculture and blue signifies the fact that Basrah Governorate has the country's only ports. In the center, an oil derrick appears as it is the largest oil producer of Iraq. Two palm leaves surround it as Basrah is also Iraq's largest date producer. Clearly, the governor does not use this flag so it is most likely not the "Basra flag". Rather, it is a regionalist flag; supporters advocating for the upgrade in status from a governorate to a region are very common in using this flag. I should note there are definitely photos of this on outdoor flagpoles.

Flag photo from https://www.radionawa.com/all-detail.aspx?jimare=5289
Info and image from https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/pwcig1/flag_of_basra_governateiraq/

Daniel Rentería, 6 July 2025