Flag of Mongolia

Facts about the Flag of Mongolia

1. The soyombo symbol at the hoist is a column of elements — fire, sun, moon, two triangles, two horizontal bars and the yin-yang — each with its own documented meaning.
2. The socialist star above the soyombo was removed in 1992, leaving the emblem alone.
3. Mongolia is one of the few countries whose national symbol is also a script character, the soyombo having been created as part of an alphabet in the seventeenth century.
4. The flag of Mongolia was officially adopted on February 12, 1992.
5. The design is older than its adoption. It was already in use in 1911, 81 years before it was formally made the flag of Mongolia.
6. The flag in its present form is 34 years old as of 2026.
7. Design type: Vertical triband with the golden soyombo.
8. The official proportions are 1:2. It shares that ratio with 54 national flags.
9. The flag uses 3 colours: red, blue and gold.
10. The red on the flag stands for progress and prosperity.
11. The blue on the flag stands for the eternal blue sky.
12. The gold on the flag stands for the soyombo.
13. Soyombo: A columnar arrangement of fire, sun, moon, two triangles, two rectangles and the yin-yang — fire for growth, sun and moon for the eternal nation, triangles as spears pointed at enemies, rectangles for honesty and justice.
14. The design belongs to the "Vertical tricolour with an emblem" family, shared with 4 other flags in this reference.
15. Flags most often confused with it: Barbados, Iowa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
16. Mongolia became independent on 11 July 1921 from China.
17. Independence was first declared on 29 December 1911 and secured in 1921.
18. The three manly games — wrestling, archery and horse racing — are the national sports, contested every year at Naadam.