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flag of Malaysia

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Summary

flag of Malaysia is a flag[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of flag entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: national flag[3]
  • Depicts: star and crescent[4], field[5], canton[6], crescent[7], fourteen-pointed star[8]
  • Commons category: National flag of Malaysia[9]
  • Color: red[10], white[11], blue[12], yellow[13]
  • Unicode character: 🇲🇾[14]
  • Inception: September 16, 1963[15]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Malaysia[16]
  • Replaces: flag of Malaya[17]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 2:1[18]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Malaysia[19]

Why It Matters

flag of Malaysia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Malaysia national flag

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . heritage.gov.my. Retrieved . heritage.gov.my. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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