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Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 1,200 × 600 pixels, file size: 522 B)

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English: flag of the United Kingdom.

العربية: علم المملكة المتحدة.

Maltese: Bandira ta l-Ingriterra

Deutsch: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreichs.

Polski: Flaga Wielkiej Brytanii.

Português: Bandeira do Reino Unido.

Français : Drapeau du Royaume-Uni.

Italiano: Bandiera del Regno Unito.

Nederlands: Vlag van het Verenigd Koninkrijk

Русский: Флаг Великобритании.

Slovenščina: državna zastava Združenega kraljestva

Español: La bandera del Reino Unido.

עברית: דגל הממלכה המאוחדת

한국어: ko:영국의 국기

日本語: ja:イギリスの国旗

Suomi: fi:Union Jack, Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan lippu.

中文: zh:英国国旗

Description	This flag is commonly known as the Union Flag or, with some controversy, Union Jack. Its current design dates from the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.
Source	self
Date	1801
Author	Zscout370
Permission (Reusing this image)	PD-self

See also Image:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg for a 3:5 ratio version (which is exclusively used by the British Army).

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:46, 8 September 2008		1,200×600 (522 B)	EmilJ (Talk \| contribs)	(simpler implementation)
	09:51, 3 September 2007		1,200×600 (1 KB)	ButterStick (Talk \| contribs)	(Correct SVG 1.1)
	14:53, 11 July 2007		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Whhalbert (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	14:40, 11 July 2007		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Nickshanks (Talk \| contribs)	(I told you the ID cannot have spaces in, don't you listen?)
	13:22, 19 June 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Stefan-Xp (Talk \| contribs)	(Used Areas instead of Lines)
	04:21, 11 May 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	14:12, 10 May 2006		1,200×600 (915 B)	Nickshanks (Talk \| contribs)	(Pumbaa80's latest flag, with extraneous bytes removed and the id amended (no spaces allowed in IDs).)
	12:39, 3 May 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80 (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	23:52, 30 April 2006		1,200×600 (985 B)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(Simpler SVG code, based on Pumbaa's second exact flag. The clipPath isn't necessary, and most shapes can fit exactly in the flag rectangle. Also, use a correct DOCTYPE declaration for valid SVG.)
	23:10, 30 April 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80 (Talk \| contribs)	(Source code slightly improved.)
	21:54, 30 April 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80 (Talk \| contribs)	(exact version)
	18:02, 30 April 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(More accurate rotation angle. Also, simplify SVG code slightly.)
	00:40, 30 April 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Jacobolus (Talk \| contribs)	(ok, not messed up now. uses rotated rects not complex polygons)
	23:53, 29 April 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Jacobolus (Talk \| contribs)	(rv for now. minor screwup)
	23:51, 29 April 2006		1,200×600 (1 KB)	Jacobolus (Talk \| contribs)	(new version which uses rotated rects not complicated polygons)
	03:40, 12 February 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	04:48, 6 February 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Greentubing (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	17:12, 5 February 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Squerciele (Talk \| contribs)	(Modified by Squerciele, according to data from [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb.html fotw] and [http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/blcpflagsrwb.htm here].)
	02:03, 2 February 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(Here's a version for use on blue ensigns. The image is exactly the same, but the SVG code has been redone to work around bugs in rsvg. (See talk page for more info.) By me, PD)
	15:56, 30 January 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	David Newton (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	00:13, 30 January 2006		600×300 (897 B)	Greentubing (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	00:01, 30 January 2006		600×300 (913 B)	Greentubing (Talk \| contribs)	(Alpha set to 255)
	00:08, 28 January 2006		600×300 (897 B)	-xfi- (Talk \| contribs)	(smaller and well aranged version)
	10:41, 17 January 2006		1,500×750 (1 KB)	Dbenbenn (Talk \| contribs)	(rewrite, accurate to 42 decimal places. Colors are the same. By me, PD)
	17:43, 14 January 2006		600×300 (1 KB)	Nickshanks (Talk \| contribs)	(Could probably make it smaller still by using rects instead of paths for the england crosses.)
	17:17, 14 January 2006		600×300 (2 KB)	Nickshanks (Talk \| contribs)	(Hand‐compressed further still.)
	18:30, 30 September 2005		600×300 (4 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(The Union Jack drawn in SVG. )